Simulation Instructor Course

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 8:00 AM - Friday, February 28, 2025, 5:30 PM, Simulation Center, Fairbanks Hall, Indianapolis, IN


Incorporating simulation-based medical education into clinical practice can increase safety, decrease medical errors, improve clinical judgment and promote self-confidence. Much different from the traditional see-do-teach educational methods, simulation-based medical education fully immerses the healthcare team in a realistic environment that promotes the cognitive, behavioral and technical skills used in clinical practices. This allows learners to pull from their own personal experiences, in a non-threatening way, to analyze and troubleshoot issues that may arise. Through this intensive course, a multidisciplinary IU School of Medicine team trains health care providers at all levels of experience in the skills necessary to initiate a simulation program. Learners create scenarios based on their specific needs and execute those scenarios using video, embedded participants and moulage for added realism. Learners then apply the debriefing techniques learned in the course. The course can accommodate nurses, respiratory therapists, physicians at any academic center or in private practice, nurse practitioners/physician assistants, other allied health specialists, and medical educators within specialty area(s) of pediatrics, pediatric intensive care, pediatric emergency medicine, neonatology, labor and delivery, and high risk obstetrics.

1. Discuss simulation based medical education as a learning tool
2. Apply aspects of simulation methodology that contribute to the development of effective scenario creation
3. Apply techniques and knowledge learned to create a realistic scenario, set up a simulation environment,
4. Describe the basis for debriefing and qualities of a good debriefer
5. Identify characteristics of a difficult debriefing and begin to use specific strategies to manage each
6. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using video in simulation

For questions about accessibility or to request accommodations please contact the IUSM CME office at 317-274-0104 or [email protected]. One week advance notice will allow us to provide seamless access. Please ensure to specify the accommodations you need in order to participate.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (19.00 hours), ABS CC (19.00 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (19.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (19.00 hours)

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Indiana University School of Medicine, Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.