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The Institute for Medical Simulation

The Institute for Medical Simulation (IMS), evolved from research developed through a collaborative project between the Center for Medical Simulation and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology funded by a grant from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation. IMS offers courses for simulation leaders, educators and researchers who want to develop and maintain high-quality medical simulation programs within their organizations.  

Courses Offered:

Comprehensive Instructor Workshop in Medical Simulation, 5 Days

Established in 2004 and updated through the years, this is the Institute’s most comprehensive and immersive program. Attendees represent a wide range of experience, disciplines and specialties, but all share one common goal: to become outstanding educational leaders or directors of a current or prospective simulation program. With experiential education being the keystone of simulation, the course is a mix of theory, practice and feedback so that students develop a strong and comprehensive understanding of how to most effectively use simulation within their education programs. Widely respected, dedicated educators with years of simulation experience lead the course with one main goal in mind: Transform every IMS student to be an outstanding educator. 

Host-Site Instructor Training: Simulation as a Teaching Tool, 4 Days

For simulation educators who seek to create high-quality healthcare simulation programs. This course immerses healthcare simulation instructors in a multi method course wherein participants learn how to teach clinical, behavioral, and cognitive skills through simulation. It draws from the disciplines of aviation, healthcare, psychology, experiential learning, and organizational behavior. Participants explore simulator-based teaching methods applicable across the healthcare education spectrum, including undergraduate and graduate medical, nursing and allied health domains. The daily formats vary and include; simulation scenarios, lectures, small and large group discussions, and practical exercises with feedback. Typically these courses also offer a couple of social evenings for networking and sharing experiences.

*Offered only on site at a qualified facility. We would be happy to discuss with you the criteria for hosting an IMS course. Haga clic aquí para ver los cursos se imparten en español

IMS Graduate Course 

For those Graduates of an IMS course, either held in Cambridge or at a host site, this course is designed to refresh and extend the educational and leadership repertoire of IMS Graduates. The course varies each year so prior attendees often repeat this course. While there are several goals for each year’s Graduate Course, two of them are always to deepen and improve debriefing skills, and to foster attendees’ ability to train simulation instructors within their home institutions.  The intent of the course is to continue to build camaraderie and support within the IMS community of practice and to prepare leaders in simulation for the challenges and opportunities involved in bringing significant reform to healthcare education. 

Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH) Rater Training 4 1/2 Hour Webinar

Debriefing clinical simulation experiences is widely understood as a crucial step in clarifying and consolidating insights and lessons from simulations. The DASH is designed to assist in evaluating and developing faculty debriefing and instructional skills. The DASH Webinars are designed for simulation educators interested in rating individuals in the use of the Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH) tool. The DASH is a widely used instrument with known psychometric properties. It is designed to be applied in a variety of healthcare disciplines and simulation settings and can be used for summative or formative evaluation. DASH users are invited to participate in the (growing) worldwide DASH database that, as it matures, will provide contributors and researchers with useful data for their programs.  Rater training is the first step in the process we are developing for certification of raters. We envision certified raters as part of a larger process for certifying the ability of debriefers. You must have a computer with Internet access to participate in the practice ratings.

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