Simulation Instructor Training

Instructor Training at Host Site Locations around the World

Highlights & Benefits

Participants attending workshops and courses at host site locations receive the same quality and immersive experiences as those who attend at Center for Medical Simulation (CMS) in Boston. These workshops tend to be more geographically convenient and may have a lower overall cost for attendees who do not need to travel or travel so far to attend.

All courses and workshops are led by dedicated simulation educators with years of simulation experience, many of whom are on the faculty of Harvard Medical School.

Visit our Locations page to see where we’ve held courses and workshops over the years.

Gateway Debriefing Skills Workshop

The Center for Medical Simulation’s Gateway Debriefing Skills Workshop introduces healthcare education faculty to the foundational practices of the Debriefing with Good Judgment© method of debriefing. This innovative workshop is an immersive, daylong, learning experience that builds debriefing skills through repeated practice with coaching from debriefing experts.

Credits: Depends on host site
  • Course Duration
    Course Duration
    1 Day (online)
  • Tuition
    Tuition
    • Individual Attendee Tuition for courses held at or hosted by CMS: $695 USD
  • Tuition
    Tuition
    • Individual Attendee Tuition for courses held at or hosted by other institutions: Varies by host site
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    Tuition
    • Cost to Host this Course at your Institution: Contact Us
Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design and Debriefing

Led by some of the world’s leading simulation educators, the Healthcare Simulation Essentials: Design and Debriefing (HSEDD) course is the Center for Medical Simulation’s (CMS) flagship faculty development course. Featuring CMS’ Debriefing with Good Judgment ® and SimZones approaches, the course prepares simulation program leaders and instructors to position simulation to solve real problems in healthcare organizations and health profession schools. Attendees can expect the Center for Medical Simulation’s well-known transformational educational experience provided by a team of the world’s leading simulation experts with diverse expertise and backgrounds.

To leverage attendees investment in this course and position attendees’ work to have the greatest sustainable impact, we ask attendees to do some work before the course begins. We ask attendees to speak with at least one key partner in their organization to identify a problem that can be addressed with simulation (e.g. patient safety issues, curriculum challenges). In the course, we will then work with each attendee in immersive small groups to design simulation curriculum using our proven methods, as well as practice Debriefing with Good Judgment©.

This course was formerly known as the Comprehensive Instructor Workshop at CMS in Boston or Simulation as a Teaching Tool (SATT) at host sites around the world.

  • Course Duration
    Course Duration
    5 days in person at CMS in Boston
    5 days online from CMS or Host Sites
    4 days in person at Host Sites
  • Credits Earned
    Eligible Credits
    34.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
    for 5 day CMS-hosted courses held in Boston or online
  • Tuition
    Tuition
    • Individual Attendee Tuition for courses held at or hosted by CMS: $5,995 USD
  • Tuition
    Tuition
    • Individual Attendee Tuition for courses held at or hosted by other institutions: Varies by host site
  • Tuition
    Tuition
    • Cost to Host this Course at your Institution: Contact Us
Advanced Instructor Course

In these rapidly changing times, CMS is innovating to meet the challenge. This course is offered in person at CMS in Boston and available online. This course can also be held in person or online at other institutions around the world. Designed to prepare leaders in simulation-based education both to develop their own debriefing and feedback skills and to structure and enhance simulation faculty development, and strategic management of their simulation programs. Using cutting edge educational theory and practice, the course presents a conceptual framework and uses repeated micro-cycles of practice and feedback on debriefing, scenarios and strategic challenges to accelerate skill acquisition and demonstrate methods of faculty development. The course is structured to allow participants to experience a model of peer- and mentor-led “community of inquiry.” This community allows individuals to reflect on their own and other people’s instructional and management practices in action.

Participants in the course can expect the exceptional educational experience that the Center for Medical Simulation is known for whether it be online or in person. Each course will feature several CMS faculty, who will work with learners in small groups on advanced debriefing practice, advanced scenario development, development of advanced self-observation and reflection skills, and peer- and mentor-led consulting on strategic challenges for your simulation program.

We look forward to seeing you, wherever you are!

We are excited to begin this new adventure in online education. Your learning begins before the course starts through online feedback and interaction with faculty on the course pre-work assignments.
Curso de Entrenamiento para Instructores en Simulación

El Centro de Simulación Médica (CMS), a través de su filial española Hospital virtual Valdecilla, ofrece cursos en idioma español a través de Latinoamérica y España en Instituciones que deseen acogerlo.

Los cursos están dirigidos a líderes en simulación, educadores e investigadores que quieran desarrollar y mantener programas de simulación de salud de alta calidad en sus Instituciones.

HVV page – http://www.hvvaldecilla.es/entrenamiento-de-instructores-cursos-ifms
Este curso se celebra durante 4 días y admite 21 participantes. Instructores del IMS cualificados y con amplia experiencia (IMS Faculty) viajan a las Instituciones que lo organicen.

Este curso se desarrolla a través del Institute for Medical Simulation (IMS) que se crea a partir de un proyecto de investigación entre el Center for Medical Simulation y Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, financiado por una beca de la Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

Este curso es una experiencia que transforma. Es una inmersión en actividades con múltiples métodos en las que los participantes aprenden como enseñar habilidades clínicas, de comportamiento y cognitivas mediante simulación. Se fundamenta en las disciplinas de la aviación, sanidad, psicología, aprendizaje experiencial y comportamiento de las organizaciones. Los participantes exploran métodos de enseñanza basados en simulación aplicables en todo el espectro de la formación sanitaria, incluyendo pregrado y posgrado de la Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias Aplicadas de la Salud. Los formatos diarios varían e incluyen: escenarios de simulación, conferencias, grupos de trabajo pequeños y grandes, y ejercicios prácticos con feed-back. Tradicionalmente estos cursos ofrecen un par de eventos sociales para establecer relaciones de trabajo y compartir experiencias.

Los temas incluyen:

  • Creación de entornos de aprendizaje retadores y seguros
  • Utilización de técnicas de debriefing efectivas y evitación de las que no lo son
  • Preparar, crear, dirigir y hacer debriefing de escenarios de alta fidelidad