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Healthcare Simulation Conferences & Workshops

‌Healthcare Simulation conferences are an absolute must for healthcare professionals who seek to start or expand their institution’s clinical simulation programs. As there are very few educational pathways for Medical Simulation professionals, participation in healthcare simulation conferences like SimGHOSTS, IMSH or INACSL is a crucial step in the development or expansion of the healthcare simulation institution’s program and development of individual and team members’ professional careers.

The How to Get the Most Out of Your First Healthcare Simulation Conference article is a great article to read in preparation for a healthcare simulation conference attendance. The international clinical simulation community is incredibly generous to share resources and help for other areas as required. Healthcare simulation conferences are an excellent way to be able to see what other clinical simulation professionals are up to, hot topics and new concepts and ideas.

Healthcare simulation conferences are also a great opportunity for those who work in clinical simulation to be able to showcase their work and receive feedback from renowned leaders in healthcare simulation. Presentation at a healthcare simulation conference allows individuals and teams the opportunity to be able to plan, prepare and deliver a number of different clinical simulation conference presentations such as talks and workshops. The ability to present in this manner takes a lot of practice and is a great skill to acquire.

Networking is one of the best parts of attendance at a healthcare simulation conference. Speak to as many people as possible to be able to meet new people in the healthcare simulation industry. Go to the conference with questions and interests at the forefront of mind to share and network with others over. Collect business cards and allow others to introduce other people of interest as well. Be brave and talk to a favorite speaker and share the impact that their presentation has had. There may be opportunities to link in with other centers for research and collaborations to do with healthcare simulation. Be sure to express interest and ask questions.

There are plenty of fantastic global conferences coming up in 2024 that provide a range of focused healthcare simulation learning, networking, and vendor engagement opportunities, so save the dates for these special events listed below. Previous annual events are summarized in the drop-down fields at the bottom of the page.

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Elevate Healthcare

Human Patient Simulation Network (HPSN) Conferences
Various Dates & Countries Each Year

The Elevate Healthcare (formerly CAE Healthcare) Human Patient Simulation Network conferences are held throughout the year. They include premiere patient simulation events and networking conferences all over the world. Each meeting is uniquely designed to bring end-users, vendors, simulation program managers, medical professionals, trainees, and specialists together with thought leaders, influencers, and innovators in the healthcare simulation industry. Whatever a professional’s expertise, discipline, or clinical niche, there’s certain to be an event they won’t want to miss!

Laerdal SUN Conferences


Laerdal Medical’s Regional SUN Events
Various Dates & Countries Each Year

The Simulation User Network (SUN) Conference draws over 300 user network members to each meeting. It serves as a platform for collaboration, innovation and simulation advancements that lead to improvements in education and healthcare delivery. The SUN Conference is a place to meet others who have objectives in simulation just like yours and connect with industry-leading experts. You’ll experience best practices and hands-on demonstrations that help advance simulation training programs across all healthcare disciplines.


UPMC WISER Simulation Center Courses
(Administration, Sim Tech Ops, Debriefing, Center Design & More)
Various Dates Throughout the Year

The Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER) is a world-class multidisciplinary training and research facility supporting education, training, and patient safety initiatives at UPMC. WISER is an institute of the University of Pittsburgh with a mission to conduct research and training programs utilizing simulation-based education to provide a safer environment for patients of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and its affiliates. WISER offers several courses and programs to help those in the simulation community improve their skills. Their iSIM course is offered in various worldwide locations and has had preceptors from all over the world spend time watching and learning at WISER.

NLN Summit 2023
NLN Education Summit 2025
September 17-19, 2025
Orlando, Florida

The NLN Education Summit brings together nurse educators from around the world to explore trending and emerging topics impacting the nursing education profession and to discover innovative strategies and solutions that address day-to-day challenges. Having demonstrated exceptional flexibility, adaptability, and courage, nurse educators continue to be called to engage local, national, and global communities, inspire others to act, and build partnerships that co-create health equity and social justice. This Summit will examine nursing’s past, make connections to the present, and lead nursing’s future as the NLN reimagines nursing education.

SimGHOSTS
SimGHOSTS Hands-on Simulation Technology Conferences
SimGHOSTS Events
July 29 – August 1, 2025 Nashville, Tennessee

Congreso Internacional Simulacion En Salud
TBD
Join hundreds of Simulation Champions from around the world at our annual international hands-on training events! The “Gathering of Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists” which will be operating in its eighth year as a US-based non-profit 501(c)3 organization based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. SimGHOSTS events provide a meeting place for you to exchange ideas and network with technical peers as well as receive specialized training in the design, selection, and application of healthcare simulation technologies. You will also have opportunities to meet with simulation-based vendors to engage with the latest in healthcare education technology.

Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine
Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM) Annual Meetings
SESAM Prague 2024
June 25-27, 2025
Prague, Czech Republic
Congreso Internacional Simulacion En Salud
TBD

SESAM‘s mission is to encourage and support the use of simulation in healthcare for the purpose of training and research. SESAM’s core mission is to develop a sustainable inter-professional community of practice across Europe that strives to advance knowledge, improve quality and promote access to healthcare simulation. SESAM’s vision is improved healthcare through simulation. Enabling safe, patient-centered care delivered by a competent and confident healthcare workforce in a well-functioning healthcare system. In order to achieve their mission and vision, they have developed a strategy with 5 strategic goals, each with specific objectives and implementation plans.

INACSL 2024

International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) Conference 2024
June 19-22, 2025
Denver, CO

The INACSL Conference is a leading forum for simulation aficionados, researchers, and vendors providing the ideal environment to gain and disseminate current, state-of-the-art knowledge in the areas of skills/simulation operations and applications in an evidenced-based venue. Healthcare professionals will have the opportunity to network with colleagues and exhibitors, discuss best practices as they relate to competencies, safety, and quality performance indicators, and advance the science of simulation.

iSIM Course
iSIM Courses
By UPMC WISER, UM GCRME, and UH SimTiki

These 3-day internationally renowned workshop programs, created in a collaborative effort between WISER at the University of Pittsburgh and the Gordon Center for Research in Medical Education at the University of Miami, is designed as an introduction to fundamental skills and abilities for delivering simulation-based healthcare education through a variety of techniques and technologies. The program emphasizes hands-on activities and active participation to maximize simulation-based instruction skill acquisition. Class group sizes are kept small to allow for maximum participation. The primary audience for this course is healthcare educators wishing to improve their skills as instructors in simulation education.

ISQua
International Society for Quality in Health Care
October 12-15, 2025
World Trade Centre, São Paulo, Brazil

ISQua conferences provide a platform for like-minded peers to network, share their ideas, and foster innovation all in the hope to improve and support safe health care worldwide. ISQua is a member-based, not-for-profit community and organisation dedicated to promoting quality improvement in health care. They have been working to improve the quality and safety of health care worldwide for over 30 years. They aim to achieve their goal through education, knowledge sharing, external evaluation, supporting health systems worldwide and connecting like-minded people through their health care networks. Their extensive network of health care professionals spans over 70 countries and 6 continents. ISQua’s members are continually working towards quality improvement in health care around the world.

Simulation Canada SIM  Expo
TBD

SIM Expo continues to be the largest interprofessional and multidisciplinary simulation conference in Canada! Each year, the SIM Expo brings together healthcare leaders in university, college, hospital, emergency services, and community care sectors. Their participants are deans, administrators, educators, clinicians, SIM centre managers and directors, and researchers from all health professions. Most participants are Canadian but it is an open conference and each year they are honored to host some international participants.

NZASH

New Zealand Association for Simulation in Healthcare Conference
TBD

NZASH was incorporated as a Society in 2004 after an initial simulation interest group meeting in Hamilton, New Zealand. In brief, the Society aims to provide: a coordinating network for collaboration on healthcare simulation activities in NZ, including research representation of the views of members on healthcare simulation educational support and resource information for providers of healthcare simulation, including educational meetings a forum for national issues including standards, funding and other associated matters.

ASPIH Conference

Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH UK) Annual Conference
November 3-5, 2024
Edinburgh International Centre

ASPiH is a non-profit membership association comprising of members drawn from healthcare, education, and patient safety backgrounds including researchers, learning technologists, workforce development or education managers, administrators, and healthcare staff and students. All have a genuine interest in new and innovative methods of learning, as well as optimizing the use of existing simulation resources within their practice. Their membership bridges undergraduate and pre-registration education as well as postgraduate and post-registration training and ongoing CPD for all of the health and social care workforce. Dates for the organization’s 2022 annual event have not yet been announced, but HealthySimulation.com will post details as soon as they’re available.

IPSS International Pediatric Simulation Society
International Pediatric Society for Simulation (IPSS) Symposium
May 19 – May 22, 2025
München, Germany

Renowned global experts gather annually for the world’s largest meeting dedicated exclusively to pediatric and perinatal simulation. Over three days, attendees discuss the role simulation plays to provide safe and effective care to sick children and infants, and the continued evolution and expansion of pediatric simulation across the globe. Participants can learn about the latest advancements in pediatric and neonatal simulation from experts and see the highest quality simulators in the market.  Dates for IPSSW2022 have not yet been announced, but HealthySimulation.com will post details as soon as they are available.

Simulation Australasia
August 11 – 14, 2025
Adelaide Convention Centre

Simulation Australasia brings together industry professionals, government, and those interested in Simulation to allow for discussion and distribution of information through events and collaboration. The organization promotes the advancement of research, development, and use of simulation technologies and practices in society, industry, academia, and government. Simulation Australasia also advocates for standards and recognition of core competencies to enhance credibility and build trust. The organization promotes continuous research and development of modeling and simulation capabilities to foster innovative, and safer communities

IVRHA

9th Annual Virtual Reality and Healthcare Global Symposium
February 27 – March 2, 2025
Sarasota, Florida

This conference will be held at Penn Medicine (3400 Civic Center Blvd.) and will provide a forum to collaborate and partner with healthcare leaders to enable the creation of larger data sets. The goal is to foster partnership and collaboration in healthcare while providing a strong focus on providing unique content and perspectives from across the healthcare spectrum. There will also be a strong focus on providing new emerging voices from across the ecosystem: care, technology, research, and policy.

Operational Medicine Symposium & Technology Showcase
March 18-19, 2025
San Antonio, TX

The 5th Annual Operational Medicine Symposium (OpMed) & Technology Showcase is one of the largest and most influential military medical events in North America for senior medical officials, clinicians, government leaders, and solution providers. OpMed offers the unique opportunity to learn, network, and engage with military medical professionals in an information-driven, networking-focused environment.

California Simulation Alliance (CSA)
Various Workshops & Conferences Throughout the Year

In 2008, HealthImpact founded the California Simulation Alliance (CSA) to network and support interdisciplinary healthcare educators in California and beyond. Increasingly, healthcare professionals are utilizing multiple types of simulation in pre-licensure schools to provide a high-quality clinical experiences and in hospitals to improve patient care and teamwork. The CSA’s mission is to strengthen expertise in simulation and advocate for simulation policy through interprofessional education, collaboration, and evidence-based practice

Patient Safety Movement
11th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit
September 6-7, 2024
University of California, Irvine Campus

Every year, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation convenes the World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, a global conference on patient safety featuring multidisciplinary sessions and keynotes by renowned experts in their fields. Every year, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation convenes the World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit, a global conference on patient safety featuring multidisciplinary sessions and keynotes by renowned experts in their fields.

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SIMPACT 2024
May 20 -21, 2024
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan and Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

Welcome to SIMPACT: New Horizons in Simulation! SIMPACT 2024 is AKU’s first-ever international conference dedicated to harnessing the power of simulation-based education for a safer, more skilled healthcare future from May 20th to 21st, 2024. We believe in fostering a vibrant community of simulation professionals – students, educators, experts, and industry leaders – united by a shared goal: advancing patient care and promoting patient safety.

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