*MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT SIMOPS PER HOST SITE (SETEC) POLICY*

SimOps will be offered in two convenient formats:

1. SimOps 2022: Live In-person - Join us in the beautiful greater Cincinnati area, July 20-22, 2022 at St. Elizabeth Training and Education Center (SETEC).

• Blueprint Review Courses & Preconference Courses: July 20, 2022
• General Session: July 21 & 22, 2022and, if you are unable to join us in-person...

2. SimOps Delivers: Virtual Conference - SimOps Delivers: can’t attend live? join us online for SimOps Delivers!

• Live-streamed Courses
  • During SimOps general session: July 21 & 22, 2022
  • Zoom links will be emailed upon completed registration and full payment. 
    • You must also register for each individual live-streamed session using the corresponding Zoom link.
    • These courses will be recorded. The recordings will be available to view in the SSH Live Learning Center on July 27, 2022. 
  • Prerecorded courses
    • Prerecorded courses will be available to view in the SSH Live Learning Center on July 21, 2022. Instructions will be emailed to you on July 21^st with how to access the prerecorded courses.

  New Limits. No Boundaries.

  The SimOps 2022 Planning committee selected the theme, “New Limits No Boundaries,” to represent the call to action all simulation operations specialists (SOS) in the field of healthcare simulation answered in the wake of the pandemic. The myriad challenges and burdens simulation centers and schools faced during the pandemic placed us all in similar yet different situations. We not only had to adapt but anticipate potential barriers while ensuring everyone’s safety. As we continue to navigate the still arduous path out of this pandemic, we must remember that we are not alone. It is only together that we can achieve progress and provide solutions to the challenges our field faces. And with each challenge answered, we can continue to expand the field of healthcare simulation to “new limits.” By shining a light on the accomplishments of fellow SOS, we hope to inspire others to continue to pursue the infinite possibilities for their professional development. The planning team encourages the SOS community to submit content highlighting creativity and innovation within our field. The theme provides SOS an opportunity to showcase their “no boundaries” approach and display the immeasurable contributions that make to the simulation team.

KEYNOTES

Opening Keynote:  Realizing the Full Potential of Healthcare Simulation

Chaitanya Mandapakala, MD

Statement from Chaitanya Mandapakala, MD

Overview: 

As someone who works in the field of simulation, are you feeling you are not being utilized to your fullest potential ? Do you feel your Organization doesn’t see your worth or recognize the importance of simulation? How has the pandemic affected you ? When everyone is so busy with the pandemic and it’s challenges, is this not the time to be investing energy and resources on simulation or has its value actually gone up ? 

Dr Chaitanya Mandapakala is a Pulmonologist and Intensivist who also specializes in quality improvement, process improvement and simulation in healthcare. He brings to you a timely and engaging session on the importance of simulation and it’s limitless potential in today’s healthcare. It’s time to highlight the value of a strong simulation program.

Objectives:

1. Review aspects of the psychology of human learning and the importance of healthcare simulation  
2. Discuss the benefits of healthcare simulation and paths to realizing the full potential of a simulation program 
3. Describe the value of healthcare simulation in process improvement exercises and the value of process improvement in further refining simulation

Closing Keynote: The Right Technology for the Job

Overview:

The closing keynote with feature experts in the Simulation Operations Specialists community who will provide information on how attendees can address perceived limits to technology at their institution, find opportunities to expand their boundaries at their centers, gain confidence with their technology dilemmas, and find new limits to surpass. By sharing their experiences, the panelists will provide insight and inspiration for attendees to see the potential opportunities within their own centers. The DIY approach to problem-solving last-minute issues or requests will help attendees add more tools to their trade. Panelists will discuss: choosing the right technology (for a specific scenario, and for a simulation program), what a simulation program can do with the current technology and what to purchase within budget; the need to keep technology use simple and focused on the objectives; and to build technology use in a simulation program.

Objectives:

1. Discuss what SOS can do with the technology in a simulation center and budget
2. Review how to choose the right technology         
3. Describe how to keep technology use simple while also building technology used in a simulation program

Panelists:

• Dave Biffar, CHSOS-A, MS, Arizona Simulation Technology & Education Center (ASTEC)*, Tuscon, AZ
• Tom Dongilli, CHSOS-A, Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER)*, Pittsburgh, PA
• Amy Follmer, CHSOS-A, Zamierowski Institute for Experiential Learning (ZIEL), Kansas City, KS
•  Matt Hackett, PhD, Army Futures Command, Medical Simulation Research Branch, Orlando, FL
• Rami Leventhal, MS, Northern Kentucky University, Cincinatti Metropolitan Area
• David Shablak, CHSOS-A, Orbis Education (Xavier), Indianapolis, IN

REGISTRATION 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Registration is now open. 

Early Bird deadline:  June 10, 2022. Registration closes: Friday, July 22, 2022, 12 p.m. ET

 PRICING

HYBRID MEETING FORMAT:

SimOps 2022 Live Attendance Includes:

• Opening & Closing Keynotes (July 21 & 22, 2022)
• Two days of live SimOps workshops (July 21 & 22, 2022)
• SimOps Exhibit Hall (July 21 – 22, 2022)
• SSH SimVentors Demonstrations (July 21, 2022)
• SSH SimVentors Technology Experiential Area
• Meeting of the Simulation Operations Technology Section (SOTS)
• St. Elizabeth’s Experience (tours, etc)
• Additional prerecorded sessions 

Additional Fee Options:

• Preconference courses (July 20, 2022) *Additional fee
  • Back to Basics: A Beginners Introduction to Moulage 8 AM - 12 PM
  • Art of Making Low Cost Task Trainers 1 PM - 5 PM
• Certification Blueprint Review Courses (July 20, 2022) *Additional fee

SimOps Delivers Virtual attendance includes:

• Live stream of keynotes (July 21 & 22, 2022). Available as recordings in SimOps Delivers, beginning July 27, 2022.
• Live stream of six workshops (July 21 & 22, 2022). Available as recordings in SimOps Delivers, beginning July 27, 2022.
• Additional prerecorded sessions 
• Minimum of 15 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) units

SimOps 2022 Planning Team

William Garrison BHS RRT - ACCS
Respiratory Educator – Simulation Lab
St. Elizabeth Health Care
Organizational Development & Education
Erlanger, KY

Tracie (Barbour) Knight, CHSOS
Clinical Simulation Specialist
Maine Medical Center
Hannaford Center for Safety, Innovation & Simulation
Portland, Maine

Mark Zuniga, BA
University of Incarnate Word
Simulation Operations Specialist
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Center for Interprofessional Experiential Learning and Observation (CIELO)
San Antonio, Texas