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Increase Healthcare Simulation Efficiency and Reliability with Pre-Programmed Scenarios

Presented By:
Erica Hinojosa, MSHS, CHSOS-A
Chassity Mays, BSN, RN, CHSOS-A, CHSE
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October 29, 2025
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The CE presentation introduces Laerdal’s SimDesigner programming to help participants effectively design and implement healthcare simulation scenarios that enhance educational outcomes and align with clinical curriculum goals.
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Abstract:

This CE presentation will provide details related to SimDesigner. Participants are encouraged to actively design within the program, bring their computer with LLEAP Lite, and be ready to program (Laerdal, 2024).

The presenters will undertake the complex Laerdal SimDesigner program to allow learners to define terminology, program sequences, outline the layout, and create a scenario. Additional topics include Phases, Scenario, Trigger, Physiological Parameters, Learner Events, Transitions, Media, Patient Monitor, and Event Library.

Laerdal scenario programming styles vary from organization to organization and may also depend on case complexity. Technologists or educators must expand their knowledge of scenario programming used in healthcare simulation to align with the clinical curriculum learning objectives in the institution. This training will allow for a clear transition for design and implementation of education activities. Initiating a thoughtless medical simulation activity can lead to ineffective teaching, inadequate experiences in simulation, and creating a chaotic learning environment (Lioce, 2019).

Understanding how to develop scenarios using SimDesigner will allow for increased knowledge outcomes for learners. The CE presentation will allow learners to be more effective in designing scenarios, be an advocate for the scenario design process, and increase the reliability of scenario programming.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Provide examples of why scenario design and programming is important in achieving healthcare simulation clinical training objectives.
  2. Describe 3 Laerdal programming methodologies along with benefits and pitfalls of each.
  3. Competently develop and modify scenarios in SimDesigner to improve clinical learning outcomes.

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Erica Hinojosa MSHS, CHSOS-A
Simulation Technology Manager at University of Texas at Arlington

Erica Hinojosa is currently the Simulation Technology Manager at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) College of Nursing and Health Innovation (CONHI) Smart Hospital. She graduated from UTA with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Master of Science in Healthcare Simulation. Her background allows her to understand the medical and educational aspects of the simulation healthcare field. In December 2018, she became a Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS), and in March of 2021, she became a Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist-Advanced (CHSOS-A) through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH). Erica is currently a member of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), Gathering of Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists (SimGHOSTS), and Simulation Professionals of Texas (SPOT). Erica holds active roles in SimGHOSTS, serving as President and a Board Member.

Disclosures: None.
Chassity Mays BSN, RN, CHSOS-A, CHSE
Simulation Project Manager at Indiana University Health: The Simulation Center at Fairbanks Hall

Chassity Mays is the Simulation Project Manager at the Simulation Center in Fairbanks Hall where she leads daily operations, collaborates on scenario development, and champions the integration of evidence-based simulation practices across curricula. With over a decade of perioperative experience at Riley Children’s Hospital, she brings deep clinical expertise to her role in simulation education. She holds a BSN from Indiana University with a minor in Exercise Science and an AS from Wabash Valley Junior College. Chassity is dual-certified as a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) and an Advanced Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist (CHSOS-A). She actively contributes to the simulation community through service on the SimGHOSTS Board of Directors, the INACSL Education Committee, and as a CHSOS-A reviewer and SOTS workgroup member for SSH. Her dedication to advancing simulation has been recognized with the 2022 SimOps Specialist of the Year award and the Paul Harris Award from the Greenfield Rotary Club.

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