Continuing our coverage of the latest COVID19 Healthcare Simulation Resources, the global industry and community has shared even more helpful links specific to education and training. These new links are specifically dedicated to supporting those on the educational and training front lines of healthcare providers around the world, covering temporary access to leading vendor tools, [...]

What few predicted and many promised, has arrived. COVID-19 has spread across the globe and the nightmare of a modern day pandemic is still in the beginning of the second act. So connected to the absolutely crucial “just in time” training that is needed right now, the medical simulation industry has responded in masse to [...]

Creating a healthcare simulation program from scratch, sometimes with limited funding, is a daunting prospect especially when state boards of nursing and other accrediting bodies are increasingly expecting nursing simulation programs to follow recognized national standards. Simply creating a simulation lab space and coercing clinical faculty to run simulation scenarios will not create a simulation [...]

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) landmark study in 2014 concluded that nursing simulation could be substituted for as much as 50% of clinical hours in pre-licensure programs provided the simulation program is “high quality”. Today Dr. Kim Baily PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, previous Simulation Coordinator for Los Angeles Harbor College and [...]