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International Healthcare Simulation Country Collaboratives / NPOs

International Healthcare Simulation Organizations exist across the globe, and range in focus from specialties like pediatric simulation to virtual reality simulation. Together, clinical simulation organizations are providing a means for simulationists and learners worldwide to have access to clinical simulation updates and network with the medical simulation community. Membership in a healthcare simulation organization can also open doors to clinical simulation opportunities and access to medical simulation research. Be sure to review HealthySimulation.com‘s U.S. Statewide Simulation Collaborative page and our Media Partners page to learn more about these important organizations promoting the network of clinical simulation!

There are numerous other benefits to joining a healthcare simulation organization. Throughout the year, many healthcare simulation organizations host a series of workshops, events, and larger conferences. These healthcare simulation conferences are typically over presentations on abstracts from clinical simulation experts. They are also often designed to provide an opportunity for simulationists, educators, and learners from both clinical and academic backgrounds to connect. Through these connections and collaboration, they are able to share, learn, and grow the healthcare simulation industry. Overall, healthcare simulation organizations help create a way for like-minded healthcare simulation enthusiasts to come together for a common goal. Working together to improve the field of clinical simulation will have a vast impact on future healthcare providers and practitioners as medical education continues to be revolutionized by the practice. Acting as a resource, those interested in healthcare simulation can find a great deal of information by visiting medical simulation organization websites and reaching out to their leadership teams.

HealthySimulation.com has direct media partnerships with many of the organizations listed below. These media partnerships allow for an exchange of healthcare simulation news and information to promote awareness and opportunity by the global medical simulation community to key resources. All of our media partners are key non-profit organizations that we highly recommend the community learn and when appropriate, join!

Healthcare Simulation Organization List (Indicates Media Partner)

INTERNATIONAL SIMULATION ORGANIZATIONS

  • *Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE): The international organization of educators dedicated to human simulation through: promoting best practices in the application of SP methodology for education, assessment, and research; fostering the dissemination of research and scholarship in the field of SP methodology; advancing the professional knowledge and skills of its members and affiliates, elevating the profession’s credibility and expertise; and engaging actively with members, educators, and learners beyond borders; modeling social justice, and embracing inclusivity.
  • *Global Network for Simulation in Healthcare (GNSH): An international strategy organization dedicated to advancing patient safety, workforce wellbeing, and healthcare quality. We bring together thought leaders from healthcare, academia, and industry to address challenges within healthcare that can be solved through simulation.
  • *International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL): To be the global leader in the art and science of healthcare simulation through excellence in nursing education, practice, and research. INACSL has Regional Interest Groups (RIG):
    • Australia / New Zealand / Belgium
    • Brazil
    • Caribbean
    • China
    • North India
    • South India
    • Japan
    • Pakistan
    • Oman
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Spanish-Speaking Latin America
    • Thailand

COUNTRIES / REGIONAL SIMULATION ORGANIZATIONS

  • African Simulation Network: A community for African healthcare simulation-based educators to learn and grow together, and highlight the excellence in African education.
  • Associação Brasileira de Simulação na Saúde (Sobrassim) (formerly ABRASSIM): To develop, train and deepen content for the educational community that uses this learning strategy in the most varied scenarios in Brazil.
  • Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH): To promote and support simulation-based education and technology enhanced learning in the pursuit of best practice for our patients, learners and partners.
  • Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (ASSH): To promote simulation education, training and research to enhance the safety and quality in healthcare. To represent a cross-section of the Australasian healthcare community who share simulation as a common interest, including healthcare professionals, academics, industry groups and policy makers. To foster international simulation health alliances and affiliations for the health specialist community of Simulation Australasia.
  • CANADA
    • *Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using Simulation (CAN Sim): Connecting nurse educators and allied health partners from across Canada and beyond to share knowledge, resources and expertise in areas of simulation education and research.
    • Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN / ACESI): The national voice for nursing education, research, and scholarship and represents baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in Canada.
    • Canadian Nurse Educator Institute: To develop and provide quality professional development opportunities for nurse educators, and graduate and doctoral students in Canada. All offerings of the institute are grounded in the Canadian context with the Canadian perspective.
    • Simulation Canada (formerly SIM-one and the Canadian Network for Simulation in Healthcare): is Canada’s interprofessional, cross-sector, non-profit network for the advancement of simulation in education, healthcare, and beyond.
    • Western Canada Collaborative of Health Sciences Educators: Welcomes educators from all health science programs. Please use this site and WCCHSE events as a resource to support the education of future healthcare providers.
    • China Medical Education Association (CMEA): To fully implement the national principles, policies and regulations on medical education, drug supervision, medicine and health, adhere to the scientific concept of education-based, organize members and their units to continuously innovate, forge ahead, jointly develop medical education, improve the quality of medical practitioners, and serve the realization of medical education modernization.
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Simulation in der Medizin: Committedto the use of high-quality simulation-based methods in all medical disciplines where they have been proven to improve patient safety and quality of care.
  • Dutch Society for Simulation in Healthcare (DSSH): To promote and facilitate the development and implementation of simulation and ‘Serious Gaming’ in healthcare.
  • Federacion Latin Americana de Simulacion Clinica (FLASIC): To guarantee clinical simulation centers in the Latin American context the quality, impartiality and confidentiality in the evaluation and accreditation services of their processes, promoting the excellence of simulation-based education practices.
  • Finnish Simulation Network (FinnSim) : A network of Finnish healthcare simulation trainers that wants to promote cooperation and networking between trainers.
  • Healthcare Simulation Middle East : To build a seamless community of regional and global professionals in simulation-based health sciences education.
  • Hong Kong Society for Simulation in Healthcare (HKSSIH): A multi-sector and multi-disciplinary alliance which serves to promote the use of simulation as a tool for learning and assessment amongst healthcare professionals and students. The ultimate objective is to improve patient care and safety. The Alliance will act as a platform on which to advance, inspire, coordinate and expand simulation based healthcare education. The consensus statement of the Simulation Alliance was signed at the opening ceremony of the ILCM on 10 December 2013. The members organization included: Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Department of Health, Hospital Authority, The Hong Kong Private Hospitals Association, and The Hong Kong Society for Simulation in Healthcare
  • SHS India: The mission is to: disseminate the use of simulation in healthcare education in India; set standards for simulation-based healthcare education (SBHE) in India; support teaching and training institutions in the country to use SBHE; develop and implement faculty development program for simulation education; promote research in simulation education in healthcare; establish collaborative links with other simulation societies in India and across the world; create an environment and culture of patient safety in healthcare institutions through simulation. (Website is currently down).
  • Irish Association for Simulation: Advance the application of simulation based learning to healthcare and high risk industries to drive change and improve quality and safety.
  • ITALY
  • JAPAN
    • Japan Association for Simulation-based Education in Healthcare Professionals (JASEHP): To promote the development of simulation medical education at an international level, disseminate it, improve medical care, and thereby contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the health of the nation. In order to achieve the above objectives, we will carry out the following activities: hosting an academic conference on simulation-based medical education; publication of journals and other publications, exchange with related academic organizations both at home and abroad; research encouragement, grants, and awards for research achievements; project for certifying qualifications necessary for simulation medical education; and other activities necessary to achieve the Society’s objectives
    • Japan Society for Instructional Systems in Healthcare (JSISH): An organization that conducts academic activities to contribute to the training of medical professionals who can provide standard medical care safely and reliably.
  • Korean Society for Simulation in Healthcare (KoSSH): Unable to locate the mission of the organization. More information is needed.
  • Malaysian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (MASSH): Serves as a platform for personnel involved in simulation-based education in healthcare to collate and share expertise, resources and; promote simulation-based education in healthcare through regional and international networking and collaborations.
  • *Morocco Sim Société Marocaine de Simulation en Santé: Dedicated to advancing practices in health sciences and focused on pedagogy, research, and innovation in the field of healthcare education. Morocco Sim strives to create a holistic platform for healthcare professionals to learn advanced pedagogical methods, share their experiences, disseminate good practice, and lead innovation.
  • New Zealand Association for Simulation in Healthcare: NZASH is a forum for education and networking of professionals interested in simulation in healthcare. We represent doctors, nurses, educationalists, simulation technicians, paramedics, academics, industry groups and managers using simulation as a tool for education, training and research to enhance the safety and quality of patients.
  • Pan Asia Simulation Society (PASSH)
  • Pediatric Simulation Training and Research Society of India (PEDISTARS): Promoting the use of simulation by conducting various workshops, conferences in different parts of the country in addition to hosting various key stakeholder meetings.
  • Polish Society of Medical Simulation : Unable to access the website. More information is needed.
  • Portuguese Society for Simulation Applied Health Sciences (SPSim): To promote, disseminate, develop and promote research and teaching with simulation, applied to health sciences. Within this scope, its objectives are: promote biomedical simulation as a training resource that contributes to patient safety, humanization and excellence in health care; contribute to the definition, implementation and monitoring of national strategies for the application of simulation to health sciences teaching; and promote the national and international sharing of research and experience in the area of ​​biomedical teaching using simulation.
  • PUERTO RICO
    • Puerto Rico Association of Clinical Simulation and Digital Technology for Health Professionals: Is a technological and socio-humanistic association that fosters the commitment to share and promote academic experience and research carried out in clinical simulation and digital technology.
    • Puerto Rico Association of Simulo-Educators (ASEPUR) / Asociacion de Simulo-Educadores de Puerto Rico (ASEPUR): To serve as the basis for the Interactive Network of Educators and Health Professionals, making available to them the most recent and innovative educational strategies in clinical simulation, based on the principles of active learning, team learning and integrating technology and the identification of connections that facilitate learning. The goals are to create and maintain a network of professionals linked to education, research and dissemination with the purpose of sharing knowledge and innovative educational strategies of clinical simulation, in Puerto Rico and internationally, for the development and strengthening of the competencies of their profession and to achieve optimal performance in the workplace.
  • Russian Society for Simulation Education in Medicine (ROSOMED)
  • *Saudi Arabia Saudi Society For Simulation in Healthcare (SSSH): Dedicated to train and develop the health care professionals’ career through medical simulation training and based on high quality scientific research to assure patient’s safety.
  • *Singapore Society for Simulation in Healthcare: The objectives of the society are to: a) advocate the integration of simulation in healthcare education; b) foster local network of simulation professionals; c) promote and facilitate expertise exchanges on knowledge and practices related to simulation based education; d) support and facilitate the development of Singapore simulation professionals in achieving competency in the delivery of healthcare education through the use of simulation; and e) set standards for healthcare simulation facilitation in Singapore.
  • Sociedad Argentina de Simulación (SASIM): The aim is promoting, developing and implementing scientific activities and programs dedicated to the training of professionals and the promotion of health research activities through clinical simulation. These actions aim to acquire, optimize and/or maintain professional skills through practice and experimentation, improving the quality and prioritizing the ethics of professional practice, as well as the care, attention and safety of patients and their families. Like other simulation societies, at a regional and international level, our society understands that its institutional mission includes the development of proposals for improvement in learning spaces based on simulation. The pandemic has confronted us with new scenarios and forces us to review our own practices, where simulation-based learning spaces, in educational or health centers, are not alien to this reflection. This document contains a set of recommendations that we believe can contribute to improving the safety of these spaces in this context.
  • Sociedad Chilena de Simulacion Clinica y Seguridad del Paciente (SOCHISM):To contribute to the training of competent people and work teams that guarantee safety and quality in patient care.
  • Sociedad Española de Simulación Clínica y Seguridad del Paciente (SESSEP): To promote healthcare training through the use of clinical simulation in all its forms with the aim of improving clinical safety and patient care.
  • Société Francophone de Simulation En Santé (SOFRASIMS): To promote more widely the use of simulation in all areas of health, particularly through training, research and the dissemination of recommendations in order to improve the quality and safety of care.
  • Sociedad Mexicana de Simulación en Ciencias de la Salud (SOMESICSS): To be the society of health professionals with the greatest impact on education and research in the area of ​​clinical simulation, generating a positive impact on the quality and safety of patient and health personnel care in Mexico.
  • Sociedade Portuguesa de Simulação Aplicada às Ciências da Saúde (SPSIM): To promote, disseminate, develop and promote research and teaching with simulation, applied to health sciences. Within this scope, its objectives are: Promote biomedical simulation as a training resource that contributes to patient safety, humanization and excellence in health care; Contribute to the definition, implementation and monitoring of national strategies for the application of simulation to health sciences teaching; Promote the national and international sharing of research and experience in the area of ​​biomedical teaching using simulation.
  • Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM): To encourage and support the use of simulation in healthcare for the purpose of training and research.
  • Swedish Association for Clinical Training and Medical Simulation (KlinSim): To promote national collaboration around research, education and development in clinical training and medical simulation. The association’s focus areas are team-based and individual clinical training and medical simulation within healthcare and its training. The purpose of the association is to strengthen knowledge and competence development in clinical training and medical simulation in order to thereby increase patient safety in healthcare.
  • Switzerland Swiss Standardized Patient and Simulation Group (SPSIM): To organize a biennial conference on the use of Standardized Patients and Simulation in undergraduate and postgraduate education of health professionals. Each of the four institutions takes in turn responsibility for holding the conference.
  • UNITED STATES
  • Victorian Simulation Alliance: To provide support, resources, education and training to connect the simulation community of practice with a focus on people, professional practice, profile, sustainability.
  • Vital Anaesthesia Simulation Training (VAST): To enable delivery of high-quality simulation-based medical education, improving anaesthesia and perioperative safety, regardless of the context.

Everyone in healthcare simulation can find an organization or group to become involved and join to advance the science of healthcare simulation. Get involved and join!