New Classes
- New Course!! Advanced Scenario Development and Implementation
This two-day course is intended for the instructor who has completed the OSA Sim Foundations or equivalent course and has some experience writing and implementing scenarios.
Dates: TBA in the Portland Area - Foundations for Simulation Education: a two-day overview for up to 15 trainees who are novices to simulation.
Dates: TBA in the Portland Area - Sim Tech Academy (STA)
A three day course for up to 12 individuals who are in a novice to advanced beginner sim tech role or have been asked to run simulations.
Dates: TBA in the Portland Area -
SPA - Sim Practical Apprenticeship
The course is designed and geared for the advanced beginner. 6 four-hour training sessions (24 hours) with one participant to one faculty member.
Oregon Community College Grant
Testimonies
Evaluation Comments from OSA Sim Tech Academy Participants
- "Great workshop. The faculty was wonderful and it was great to see other simulation centers in the area." ~ Anonymous
- "What a great session. I feel very equipped to go back to my facility and competently run simulation." ~ Anonymous
- "Very well planned, on schedule, good locations with something different at each location, lots of good ideas generated."~ Anonymous
- "Best to learn from those who “do”." ~Anonymous
What's New
NIH Announces Availability of Funding for Simulation in $1bn Stimulus Bill
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that simulation facilities for training health care providers and researchers will be eligible for funding from the $1 billion Congress appropriated in the stimulus bill (The Recovery Act) to NIH for grants and contracts to construct, repair, or renovate existing research... More >>
8th Annual International Nursing Simulation/Learning Resource Centers Conference June 10 -13, 2009 at the Millennium Hotel St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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