Raise your simulation programs to new heights with the fully updated

An official publication of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare,

this fully illustrated guide speaks to the needs of all healthcare

professionals using simulation for education, assessment, and research.

Offering best practices for a wide variety of programs, it addresses all

areas of program management, from staffing, funding, and equipment, to

education models. Whether you are new to running a simulation program,

developing a program, or studying simulation, this is your key to

creating cost-effective, research-based programs.

Improve your simulation program with this definitive guide.This edition offers:

• NEW content on International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation (INACSL) and Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) standards of practice
• 17 new chapters, with content reorganized to better align with certification exam blueprints
• A fully illustrated, comprehensive framework for all operational aspects of simulation programs
• Sections that address:
  • Standards of Practice – SSH, INACSL, and ASPE standards, technology standards, ethics, and more
  • Simulation Modalities – History of modern-day mannequins; mannequin terminology, selection, and usage; and standardized patient/participant
  • Simulation Methods – In situ, mobile, hybrid, and table top simulation; and the continuum of care
  • Management – Creating the infrastructure for a successful program, business needs and assets management, policies and procedures, and strategic plans
  • Funding – Sources of revenue, program budgets, business plans, and fee structures
  • Environmental Design – Building a simulation center, technical infrastructure, and more
  • Educational and Content Development – Educator training and simulation methodology courses, assessing learning needs, shared theories, and more
  • Delivery of Simulation – Assessment in healthcare simulation, preparing the learner, management of the scenarios, and more
  • Research – Healthcare simulation research, institutional review board, and more
  • Resources – Terms of references, examples of studies, case and scenario development templates, and more
• Chapter features that include:
  • Expert’s Corner – Commentary on essential areas of training, research, and program development by simulation experts and founders
  • Consider This – Practical how-to’s on critical, related topics
  • Example and Case Study Boxes – Added examples that support chapter content
  • Terms of Reference – Defines simulation terms and concepts

is an Associate Professor at the University of San Francisco, School of

Nursing and Health Professions, and President (2021) of the Society for

Simulation in Healthcare.

the Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient

Simulation (CHIPS) and Professor at the University of Tennessee Health

Science Center, and Past President of The Society for Simulation in

Healthcare.

is Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and

Simulation, CEO of USF Health Professions Conferencing Corporation,

Associate Vice President, USF Health Office of Interprofessional

Education and Practice, Professor of Medicine at the Morsani College of

Medicine at the University of South Florida Health in Tampa, and

President (2022) of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

is Professor Emeritus at the College of Nursing, the University of

Texas at Arlington. She is also a Past President of The Society for

Simulation in Healthcare.

is Professor at MGH Institute of Health Professions, Lecturer at

Harvard Medical School, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for

Interprofessional Innovations, and Principal Faculty at the Center for

Medical Simulation at Massachusetts General Hospital, and in the

Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine at Harvard

Medical School in Boston.