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
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
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.
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General Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Information
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
Face shield mask template and additional COVID resources
General Simulation & COVID-19 Information
SSH Anesthesia Section Resource Videos
Webinars (Free unless otherwise noted)
Social Media
SimConnect on SSIH.org
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To Join the COVID-19 community on SimConnect:
- Login or Create an SSH Account
- Go to My SSH
- Go to My Profile
- Select Interest Groups
- Select include me in the COVID-19 Simulation Discussion Affinity Group
- Select SimConnect
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