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ResearchDecember 29, 2025Healthcare Clinical Simulation Research Update November-December 2025
To help simulation educators, researchers, and developers stay abreast of current evidence in healthcare simulation, research articles should be reviewed…
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Virtual RealityJanuary 7, 2026Virtual Reality in Medicine
Virtual Reality in Medicine is an emerging technology that can be used for both education and instruction within the healthcare…
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PersonnelDecember 23, 2025Standardized Patient
A Standardized Patient (SP) is an individual who has been trained to portray the role of either a patient, family…
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Pediatric Skills TrainersDecember 18, 2025Surgical Sam: Pediatric Cardiothoracic Team Trainer
Surgical Sam from The Chamberlain Group is the world’s first beating-heart, breathing, bleeding pediatric surgery team trainer. Co-developed with Boston…
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Simulated AssessmentDecember 18, 2025Ear-T
The Ear-T from Innov2Learn is the world’s first simulated ear thermometer designed to bring true realism to temperature-taking training. Inspired…
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Virtual Clinical Communication TrainingDecember 18, 2025SimChat
SimChat, from Geeky Medics, is an AI-powered simulation tool for communication skills training. SimChat makes it simple for clinical teams…
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ResearchDecember 23, 2025
Clinical Learning Environment Comparison Survey CLECS 3.0 Launched
The preparation of future healthcare providers requires robust, reliable methods to evaluate the efficacy of various clinical education modalities. Since…
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AvkinJanuary 8, 2026Wearable Simulators Bring Humanity Into Clinical Simulation
High-fidelity simulation continues to evolve and expand year to year in healthcare education. Since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare simulation…
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CredentialingDecember 3, 2025
How to Navigate the Clinical Simulation Accreditation Maze: Practical Insights
Healthcare Simulation Accreditation provides an external, peer-reviewed evaluation of a clinical simulation program. The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)…
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Professional DevelopmentDecember 9, 2025
Call to Action: U.S. DoE Petition to Revise Definition of Professional Degrees
Under the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), the United States federal student loan system is being overhauled. Graduate…
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Artificial Intelligence AIDecember 1, 2025NeoOSCE: A Next-Generation Method for AI-Enhanced Clinical Skills Assessment
Clinical skills assessment represents a cornerstone of healthcare education (Dorrestein et al., 2025). Every generation of educators seeks more valid,…
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Simulation ScenariosNovember 25, 2025IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
As interprofessional healthcare simulation education has grown in popularity, a need to define levels of competence has developed. The Interprofessional…
