The Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) and Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator – Advanced (CHSE-A) are certifications available from 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, there are a few certifications that help identify [...]
The Women in Leadership Symposium was created as a one-day event to bring together curious and aspiring, new and experienced leaders in healthcare simulation. The challenges and opportunities for female healthcare simulation professionals include the development of leadership skills in all professional sectors and environments. The Association for Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE), the International Nursing [...]
Virtual Reality in healthcare training is a new medical simulation modality which is constantly evolving, but is already a permanently established technology in clinical simulation based education. VR in healthcare training environments allow learners to experience visual stimuli delivered via computer graphics, as well as other sensory experiences usually through a virtual reality headset. Virtual [...]
Certification in healthcare simulation is similar to other certification and is the process to obtain, verify, and assess the qualifications of a practitioner. In accordance with the International Society for Quality in Healthcare, accreditation is a process “in which trained external peer reviewers evaluate a health care organization’s compliance with pre-established performance standards. This HealthySimulation.com [...]