From our SSH Corporate Roundtable Members

• 3D Systems - COVID-19 E-LEARNING Clinical and Didactic Resources.  Simply fill out this contact form and request a user name and password for our COVID-19 e-learning materials
• Avkin - COVID 19 Resources
• Body Interact - Five Scenarios on the Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19 with Virtual Patients
• CAE Healthcare - COVID-19 Resource Center
• Echo Healthcare - Free COVID-19 Scenario
• Education Management Solutions - COVID-19 Contingency Planning
• IngMar Medical - COVID-19 Knowledge Base
• KbPort - Simulated Medical Records for Patient Charting and Medication Dispensation
• Kognito - Virtual Simulation - To access the simulation go to www.kognitocampus.com and use enrollment key: ssh2020. Access is provided free of charge until 5/30/20.
• Laerdal - FREE Online Training Tool: COVID-19 skills training
• Limbs & Things – Free Suture Tutor (Single User) Access
• Medical-X – COVID-19 Innovative Solutions News and Updates
• PCS - Telehealth Case for COVID-19 Screening
• Simulab - COVID-19 Resource Center
• SimX - 2 Free Virtual Reality Simulation Cases designed to train doctors, nurses, and other staff on PPE, triage, diagnosis, and treatment for COVID patients
• SonoSim - Complimentary Online Course Access to Sim Center Educators

From our SSH Affiliates

• International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) - COVID-19 and Virtual Learning Resource List
• SimGhosts - Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resources for Simulation Programs
• Simulation Canada - COVID-19 Simulations

Publications, Research Articles & Press Releases

• Simulation in Healthcare, the Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, published a special issue on highly communicable disease management in 2016.  Articles address simulation topics aimed at preparing front-line workers, testing hospital preparedness plans, simulating the spread of a contagion within physical environments, deploying distributed training, and cases for understanding disease and its transmission risks. These articles are freely available to the public and can be accessed at: journals.lww.com/simulationinhealthcare/toc/2016/04000 

• CAE Healthcare and iRIS Health Solutions to share coronavirus scenario on global simulation platform
  • Learn how to use iRIS!

• Preparing and responding to 2019 novel coronavirus with simulation and technology-enhanced learning for healthcare professionals: challenges and opportunities in China

• Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID19 mortality and healthcare demand

SSH Online Events (Free unless otherwise noted)

To view the recordings, please visit the SimSeries Webinars page.

• March 30 - Recording Available - SSH Open Forum Discussion: Simulation Centers Respond to COVID-19
• March 30 - Recording Available - Zooming with SPs in COVID-19 Response
• March 31 - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries Webinars - Use Simulation to Replace Much Needed, Lost Clinical Experiences due to COVID19
• April 2, 1pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SOTS COVID Round Table
• April 2, 2pm EST - Recording Available - Helping to Keep our Providers Safe: How Simulation is Working on Strategies for Training and Providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• April 6, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH Open Forum Discussion: Simulation Centers Respond to COVID-19
• April 7, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COIVD-19: Utilizing Zoom for Remote Simulation Education
• April 9, 1pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SOTS COVID 19 Round Table
• April 13, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH Open Forum Discussion: Simulation Centers Respond to COVID-19
• April 14: 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries: COVID-19: Tools and Strategies for Moving Live Delivery Formats to Remote Learning
• April 15, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: How Modeling Can Help Fight COVID- 19 
• April 16, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: Creating, Managing and Cultivating Your Simulation Team in Virtual Space 
• April 20, 2pm EST - SSH SimSeries: COVID-19: Monday Open Forum: Considerations for Converting Simulation Space to Clinical Space
• April 21, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries: COVID-19:  Transition and Management of Sim Center Staff to Work from Home and/or Limited Onsite Support 
• April 22, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19:  Applications of Briefing and Debriefing to Workflow Adaptation and Psychological Support for COVID-19 Management
• April 23, 4pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19:  MORE Ideas and Resources for PPE Provider Training
• April 27, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH Open Forum Discussion: Simulation Centers Respond to COVID-19
• April 29, 12pm EST - Recording Available -SSH SimSeries COVID-19: The Use of Simulation to Prepare and Improve Responses to Infectious Disease Outbreaks like COVID-19: Practical Tips and Resources from Norway, Denmark, and the UK
• April 30, 3pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: Cleaning and Disinfecting in Simulation
• April 30, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: Remote/Distance/Virtual Simulation: Keeping your EMS Education Program Going
• April 30, 1pm EST - Recording Available -SSH SimSeries: SOTS COVID-19 Round Table
• May 4, 2pm EST - Recording Available -SSH Open Forum Discussion: Simulation Programs Respond to Covid-19 The Unlikely Story of Two Teams Merging while Onboarding a New Executive Director on Friday the 13th in a Pandemic! M Simulation at the University of Minnesota 
• May 5, 2pm EST - Recording Available -SSH SimSeries COVID-19:  Considerations for Evaluation in Simulation-based Learning
• May 7, 1pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: Simulation Operations and Technology Section Open Forum
• May 7, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: Simulation Vignettes:  Enhancing Critical Thinking in a Virtual Environment
• May 11, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: SSH Open Forum Discussion: Simulation Centers Respond to COVID-19
• May 12, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: Opening Up and Returning Safely, A Three-step Approach
• May 13, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries COVID-19: Clinical Debriefing in the Age of COVID-19
• May 14, 1pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries: SOTS COVID-19 Round Table
• May 14, 12pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries: In-Situ during COVID-19 - Operational Considerations, Just-in-Time Videos, and Code Blue Training
• May 18, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH Open Forum Discussion: Simulation Centers Respond to COVID-19
• May 19, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries: Looking Ahead: Submit a Course Proposal to IMSH 2021!
• May 20, 10am EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries: Looking Ahead: Submit a SimVentors Entry to IMSH 2021!
• May 20, 2pm EST - Recording Available -  SSH SimSeries: Looking Ahead: Submit a Technical Proceedings Manuscript to IMSH 2021!
• May 21, 2pm EST - Recording Available -  SSH SimSeries: SOTS COVID-19 Round Table
• May 21, 4pm EST - Recording Available -  SSH SimSeries: Simulation Programs Respond to COVID-19: Rapid Prototyping Procedures and Practice with Simulation: Lessons Learned Preparing for COVID 19
• May 27, 2pm - Recording Available -  Sim Programs Respond to Covid-19:  Keep Moving Your Scholarship Forward – An SSH Research Guide
• May 27, 3pm - Recording Available -  SSH SimSeries - Looking Ahead:  Submit a Course Proposal to IMSH 2021!
• May 28, 3pm - Recording Available -  Sim Programs Respond to Covid-19:  The Use of Simulation to Develop and Test an Open Source Ventilator
• May 28, 1pm EST - Recording Available -  SSH SimSeries: SOTS COVID-19 Round Table
• June 1, 2pm EST - Recording Available - SSH Open Forum Discussion: Simulation Centers Respond to COVID-19
• June 1, 1pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries: SimOps: Video Production Basics for Simulation: COVID-19 and Beyond
• June 3, 12pm EST - Recording Available - SSH SimSeries: Sim Programs Respond to Covid-19: Safely Moving a Simulation Center during Covid-19
• June 8, 2pm EST - Recording Available -SSH SimSeries Monday Open Forum: Simulation Programs Respond to Covid-19 From the University of Minnesota: Flexible Operations Plan in the COVID-19 Response
• June 15, 2pm EST - SSH SimSeries Monday Open Forum: Simulation Programs Respond to Covid-19 Teaching Skills to Medical Students on the Internet: Lessons Learned from YouTube, Sesame Street and the Learners themselves
• June 25, 1pm EST - SSH SimSeries: SOTS COVID-19 Round Table
• August 3, 2pm EST - SSH SimSeries Monday Open Forum: Simulation Programs Respond to Covid-19
• August 10, 2pm EST - SSH SimSeries Monday Open Forum: Simulation Programs Respond to Covid-19
• August 24, 2pm EST - SSH SimSeries Monday Open Forum: Simulation Programs Respond to Covid-19
• August 31, 2pm EST - SSH SimSeries Monday Open Forum: Simulation Programs Respond to Covid-19

*SSH Open Forum Discussions are limited to 500 participants. All discussions will be recorded and made available via archive on this page.
**Some presentations have slides or PDFs available. Click here for more information.

General Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Information

• N95 Masks - Tips for Reuse
• Can-Sim - COVID-19 Assessment And PPE
• Donning & Doffing teaching materials

Wiser video for Donning and Doffing
VA power point of conservation of PPE
YouTube Donning & Doffing resources
CDC recommendations for donning & doffing
CDC recommendations for cleaning surfaces

• Micro-Simulation on PPE by Etrain Etc
• Swedish Medical - Create simulated N-95 and face shield masks out of paper

Face shield mask template and additional COVID resources

• CAN SIM - PPE Virtual Simulation Game
• SimOne CA - PPE & COVID Resources
• Open Source Face Shield template
• CDC List of PPE Manufacturers
• CDC COVID & PPE resources
• Smooth-On: Using molding to create PPE
• SIPPS - Virtual PPE Simulation toolkit
• How to make a mask using air filters
• DIY PPE submitted to SSH
• Univ College London – Coping with PPE signage for providers
• Billings Clinic - Make a PPE gown from a plastic tablecloth

General Simulation & COVID-19 Information

• American Chemistry Council - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)—Fighting Products
• American College of Chest Physicians - COVID-19 (coronavirus) Resource Page
• American College of Surgeons - ACS COVID-19 Newsletter
• American Heart Association (AHA)  Journal - Interim Guidance for Basic and Advanced Life Support
• American Heart Association (AHA) - Oxygenation and Ventilation of COVID-19 Patients
• Banquet Tables Pro - Social Distancing Room Space & Capacity Calculator
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) - Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Healthcare Settings
• CHSOS Work From Home Resources - What Simulation Operations Specialists could do when they are working from home
• Coventry University Simulation - Sim Share
• DonorBox.org - COVID-19 Resource Center for Nonprofits
• DRS - COVID-19, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND ADDICTION TREATMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
• UConn School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Learning Center - Clinical Replacement Plan for OB Clinical Nursing
• UConn School of Nursing Clinical Simulation Learning Center - Resources for Clinical Substitution
• EMCRIT - Internet Book of Critical Care (IBCC)
• EMS.gov - COVID-19 Resource page
• EM Sim Cases - COVID
• Figure1 – Shared clinical cases (with images/video)
• Glide - Remote Working: A Practical Safety Guide
• Harvard Center for Medical Simulation - Principles of Airway Management in Coronavirus COVID-19
• HealthIT.gov - Tools and Resources for the Health IT Community
• Healthy Simulation - Coronavirus COVID-19 Medical Simulation Resources List
• Intelligent Ultrasound - COVID-19 Lung Ultrasound Module
• MedicActiV - Create Your Own Virtual Patient Simulator
• MedoPoloMedicalPrograms - COVID Updated: Corona Virus
• The Mesothelioma Center - Guide to Coronavirus for Cancer Patients
• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMS EDUCATORS (NAEMSE) - Current Webinars, Past Webinars
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Health and Medicine COVID-19 Resources
• Nasco Healthcare - Free COVID-19 Virtual Training Scenarios
• Oakes Academy - CORONAVIRUS CLINICAL COLLABORATION
• Pacific Medical Training - COVID-19 Prevention for Lower Risk Jobs
• Pacific Northwest Healthcare Simulation Collaborative (PNWHSC) - COVID Resources 
• PediSTARS - Telesimulation: Breaking the barriers to simulation training
• PediSTARS - “Virtual Simulation” (VR): Breaking the barriers to simulation training
• PeriopSim - COVID-19 Response
• PRONTO - COVID-19 Curriculum
• Purdue University Global - COVID-19 Contact Tracing Course
• Safer - English - Simulation for COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness
• Safer - Norwegian - SIM FOR COVID-19 Beredskap 
• SimGeeks Podcast - Reference Guide for Disinfection in Simulation
• Simran Kaur Matta - Splitting Mechanical Ventilator Between Patients
• Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) - Interim Considerations for Obstetric Anesthesia Care Related to COVID-19
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) - Emergency Resources: COVID-19
• Sociedad Mexicana de Simulacion en Ciencias de la Salud (SOMESICS) - Compilation of articles and reference material about COVI19 and simulation of the members of the Mexican Simulation Society
• Ultrasound Schools - Steps to Ease the Transition to Online Learning in the Wake of COVID-19
• University of Minnesota - Zooming with SPs in COVID-19 Response
• UPO SIMNOVA - Case Scenario
• US Department of Health and Human Services - COVID-19 Healthcare Planning Checklist (Guideline ONLY. Not a mandate.)
• Virtual Heroes - HumanSim - Sedation and Airway
• Virtualmedschool - AbcdeSIM COVID-19 Level
• Washington Speakers Bureau - Guide to Livestreaming and Virtual Events
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Training: Simulation Exercise

SSH Anesthesia Section Resource Videos

• Donning: https://youtu.be/PHDjOVRZboM
• Doffing: https://youtu.be/ELyMzZ7N4_Y
• Induction: https://youtu.be/QhvcoCjvgcM
• Emergence: https://youtu.be/x0obP-pLtO4

Webinars (Free unless otherwise noted)

• March 17 - Recording Available - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Update and Information for Long-term Care Facilities
• March 17 - Recording Available - Making Informed Decisions in Response to COVID-19
• March 17 - Recording Available - F.A.S.T: Academic Nurse Educators Respond to COVID-19
• March 18 - Recording Available - Bridging the Gap- Implementing Technology to Deliver Courses Online
• March 18 - Recording Available - Hospital Preparedness for Managing Coronavirus
• March 18 - Recording Available - COVID-19: Helping You Prepare
• March 19 - Recording Available - Expert Nurse Educators Panel Discussion and Q&A
• March 23 - Recording Available - A Call to Leadership: Navigating Uncharted Waters
• March 24 - Recording Available - Aligning Simulation Within COIVD-19 Contingency Plans
• March 30 - Recording Available - Infectious Disease Outbreak Research: Insights and Trends
• April 3 - Recording Available - Preparing for COIVD-19 via Simulation
• April 6 - Recording Available - SP Telecommunication During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• April 17 - Recording Available - Harvard University Circle Up for COVID-19
• April 17 - Recording Available - Adaptive Policy Modifications for Simulation Centers During the Pandemic.
• April 22, 12pm EST - Part 1 - Recording Available - How To Conduct 100% Virtual, Live, Interactive "Mannequin-Based" Telesimulation
• April 23, 12pm EST - Part 2 - Recording Available - How To Conduct 100% Virtual, Live, Interactive "Mannequin-Based" Telesimulation
• April 30 - Immersive Learning: Embodied Labs Helps Prepare Frontline Healthcare Heroes during COVID-19
• May 8 - University of Minnesota - Zooming with SPs in COVID-19 Response
• May 15 - COVID-19: The Other Side of the Curve, with Andy Slavitt, MBA and Kavita Patel, MD
  
• Every Friday - The Patient Safety Movement Foundation - COVID-19 Weekly Webinars
• Weekly - UIC SAIL Simulation Webinars
• TBA - AEI Consortium Webinar on COVID-19 Training (Presenters needed! Submit a brief description of your presentation to mark.aeder@uhhospitals.org AND opetinaux@facs.org.)

Social Media

• COVID-19 Simulation - WhatsApp Group
• Simulation Online 2020 - Facebook Group
• Simulation Technician Network - Facebook Group
• Healthcare Simulation Group - Facebook Group

SimConnect on SSIH.org

Connect with peers in our forum. Here's how to get started:

To Join the COVID-19 community on SimConnect: 

1. Login or Create an SSH Account
2. Go to My SSH
3. Go to My Profile 
4. Select Interest Groups
5. Select include me in the COVID-19 Simulation Discussion Affinity Group
6. Select SimConnect
7. Go to Communities > My Communities > COVID-19 simulation discussion affinity group

New to SimConnect? Click Here!

DISCLAIMER: This resource page is provided as a service. The Society for Simulation in Healthcare is not responsible for the opinions and information provided by others through links on this page. SSH disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by Society for Simulation in Healthcare or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall SSH be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.