Professional Societies & Standards

• Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH): https://www.ssih.org
• SSH Healthcare Simulation Dictionary (free PDF): https://www.ssih.org/dictionary
• INACSL Standards of Best Practice (summary free, full guide paid): https://inacsl.org/standards
• Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE): https://www.aspeducators.org
• American College of Surgeons – Accredited Education Institutes: https://www.facs.org/education/aei

Journals & Publications

• Advances in Simulation (open access): https://advancesinsimulation.biomedcentral.com
• Clinical Simulation in Nursing: https://www.nursingsimulation.org
• Simulation in Healthcare (SSH journal – paid): https://journals.lww.com/simulationinhealthcare
• BMC Medical Education (open access): https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com
• Medical Education Online (open access): https://med-ed-online.org

Scenario & Toolkits

• Kansas State Board of Nursing Scenario Library (free downloads): https://ksbn.kansas.gov/nursing-simulation-library
• CAN-Sim Virtual Simulation Games (open access): https://www.can-sim.ca
• com – Free Scenario Resources: https://www.healthysimulation.com
• Center for Medical Simulation FOAM Resources (Harvard): https://harvardmedsim.org/resources
• Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH tool): https://harvardmedsim.org/debriefing-assesment-simulation-healthcare

OSCE & Clinical Skills

• Geeky Medics OSCE Stations (free): https://geekymedics.com/osce
• MedEdPORTAL (peer-reviewed free cases): https://www.mededportal.org
• University OSCE resources (e.g., University of Toronto, Brown Surgery, etc.) – search open cases
• ASPE Standards of Best Practice (SP): https://www.aspeducators.org/page/standards

Competency-Based Medical Education & Assessment

• AAMC Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/coreepas
• Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada – CanMEDS Framework: https://www.royalcollege.ca/rcsite/canmeds
• Ottawa GRS (Global Rating Scale for simulation assessment – published tool, open access in articles)
• WHO – Transforming and scaling up health professionals’ education and training (open PDF): https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/93635

References

1. INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 2021.
2. Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Healthcare Simulation Dictionary, 3rd Edition, 2023.
3. Cerna, D. et al. (2023). OSCEs and CBME in Medical Education. BMC Medical Education.
4. Medicine (Baltimore) (2024). Narrative review: Simulation-based training in medical education.
5. WHO (2013). Transforming and scaling up health professionals’ education and training.