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CredentialingJuly 9, 2025INACSL Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice
International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) has developed the “INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation” to advance…
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Virtual Patients / Digital LearningJuly 31, 2025Effect of End-of-Life Virtual Simulation Training on Nursing Students
Abstract: Background: The literature highlights that nursing students lack the knowledge necessary to guide patients and families on end-of-life (EOL)…
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Simulated DefibrillatorsJuly 4, 2025Defibrillator Simulator
A defibrillator simulator is a simulated medical device used during medical simulation scenarios to mimic a patient experiencing cardiac arrest,…
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Birthing SimulatorsJuly 3, 2025Childbirth Simulator
A childbirth simulator, also known as a labor and delivery simulator or birth simulator, is a healthcare simulation manikin or…
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NursingJuly 24, 2025Innovate2Educate: Creating an Engaging Nursing Skills Lab Experience
Abstract: This pilot study was developed to create an engaging, competency-based simulation skills lab experience for undergraduate nursing students guided…
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ModalityJuly 15, 2025How Haptics is Shaping the Future of Healthcare Simulation
Abstract: The integration of haptic technologies into healthcare simulation is rapidly becoming essential for enhancing realism, advancing skill development, and…
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Artificial Intelligence AIMay 21, 2025
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Simulation
Artificial Intelligence in healthcare simulation education is relatively new, yet here to stay and constantly be developed. AI in medical…
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Laerdal MedicalJuly 15, 2025
Preparing Nursing Students for Real-World Care with Laerdal’s Nursing Simulators
Abstract: This exclusive webinar by Laerdal Medical is focused on preparing nursing students for real-world care, where you will gain…
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PCSJuly 15, 2025
Purpose Built AI in Patient Communication Training: A PCS.AI Product Review
Abstract: Not all AI is created equal in healthcare simulation, and in a rapidly evolving landscape, knowing the difference has…
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Professional DevelopmentNovember 15, 2025
NLN SIRC
The NLN SIRC, aka the National League for Nursing (NLN)’s established the Simulation Innovation Resource Center (SIRC), which was developed…
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LumetoJuly 15, 2025
Comparing Standardized Patients vs AI-Enhanced Virtual Patients in Clinical Training
Abstract: Join Dr. Nicole Harder, esteemed healthcare simulation scholar from the University of Manitoba, as she unveils findings from a…
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BodyswapsJanuary 8, 2026
Soft Skills, Hard Outcomes: Unlock the AACN Essentials with Immersive AI Simulation
“Eighty-three percent of nursing schools say the biggest barrier to rolling out the AACN Essentials is simply finding the faculty…






