The Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS) and Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist – Advanced (CHSOS-A) are technical certifications provided by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). As in the case of many medical specialties, certification helps distinguish a professional as an expert in the field. In healthcare simulation, a few certifications help identify [...]

As clinical simulation educators there are some clinical specialties that are drawn to seek out healthcare simulation-based education and there are other clinical specialties that are not engaged in clinical simulation. As a clinical simulation program, there can be a tough balance to push the service that you can offer, and trust that areas in [...]

An awareness of communication skills and the ability to hone these in the clinical simulation environment can be incredibly useful for the healthcare simulation debriefer. Communication skills link with other social-related skills, such as the cognitive presence of learners and emotional intelligence. Clinical simulation debriefers are often looked up to as role models in challenging [...]

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare education, gamification, a dynamic and alluring approach, injects fun, competition, and engagement into healthcare simulations. Medical simulation has become a cornerstone for training healthcare professionals. Clinical simulation offers a safe and controlled environment for learners to hone their skills before they step into real-life medical situations. However, even the [...]