Course Offerings
We offer a range of professional development opportunities throughout the year, with a focus on mastering simulation best practices and facilitator training.
Introduction to Healthcare Simulation
There are best practices and guidelines to follow in preparing, implementing, and evaluating, facilitating simulation-based education. Thes self-guided online modules aim to provide knowledge to prepare for application (performance) in the hands-on workshop component. Combined, the goal is to improve competence in facilitating simulation-based education which will then improve/impact patient outcomes.
Simulation and Advanced Skills Center Research Course
This self-directed course develops the practitioner's knowledge of health care research. The course teaches fundamental concepts of research ethics and gives extensive instruction in the development of a research project, from initial idea to a published paper. Along the way, the student will learn the basics of measurement theory with some hands-on experiments to demonstrate measurement principles. Computerized data acquisition will be introduced. Basic statistics common to health care research will also be covered.
Simulation Educator Workshop
The Simulation Educator Workshop is for healthcare educators, directors or faculty of a current or prospective simulation program. The course combines customized peer-to-peer and mentor feedback during an online learning session followed by an immersive, two-day in person, interactive workshop.
*CME Credit Available
Simulation Educator Workshop (SEW) Refresher Course Details
Have you participated in the standard 2-day Simulation Educator Workshop and would like to refresh/maintain your facilitator and debriefing skills? This in person, 4-hour, interactive session includes:
- Review of debriefing standards and best practices
- Self-reflection & discussion
- Hands-on practice facilitating and debriefing High Reliability Organization (HRO) concepts with real-time feedback
- Live practice with prebriefing and debriefing with structured feedback
Remote Simulation Educator Workshop (rSEW)
The Remote Simulation Educator Workshop is an online, web-based training that allows participants to have interactive and transformative experiences with our faculty on particular topics without the hassle and cost of travel.
*CME Credit Available
Simulation Fellowships
The Simulation and Advanced Skills Center (SASC) at Cleveland Clinic sponsors a three-tiered simulation training program, which offers different opportunities and experiences based on the interests and goals of the applicant. These programs are the Simulation Research Fellowship, the Simulation Education Fellowship, and the Simulation Facilitator Elective. The overall mission of these programs is to develop leaders with vision, knowledge, and commitment to implement simulation-based training strategies with the aim to improve healthcare for patients at Cleveland Clinic.
- Simulation Research Fellowship: This program is a two-year, project-based, longitudinal experience focused on developing excellence in the areas of teaching, assessment, curriculum development, and simulation research.
- Simulation Education Fellowship: This program is a one-year, project-based, longitudinal experience focused on developing excellence in the areas of teaching, assessment, and curriculum development.
- Simulation Facilitator Elective: This program is a six-month commitment that provides basic training in the implementation of a formal simulation based curriculum. Mentees are accepted according to the availability of mentors, with variable start/end times. There will be no funding of this position by the Education Institute.
*The Simulation Fellowship is only open to Cleveland Clinic employees.
Resources
The educational resources compiled below are intended to assist in the improvement of simulation courses.
Getting Started
Planning
Avoiding funny or generic names (e.g. Mr. Heart, Mr. Jones) increases the realism of your simulation and promotes learner buy-in. This simple random name generator can help you quickly name simulated patients during scenario design.
