Global Consensus Statement on Simulation-based Practice

We wish to acknowledge all societies and networks that have contributed to this document and the individuals who have represented their perspectives:

  • African Simulation Network, Jo Park-Ross;
  • Asociacon de Simulo-Educadores de Puerto Rico (ASEPUR), Widalys Gonzalez-Ortiz;
  • Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH), Colette Laws-Chapman;
  • Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE), Lou Clark & Shawn Galin;
  • Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (ASSH), Kellie Britt & Belinda Judd;
  • Brazilian Society of Simulation in Healthcare, Carolina Felipe Soares Brandao, Jose Roberto Generoso Junior & Itamar Magalhaes;
  • Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation, Jane Tyerman;
  • Canadian Simulation Network, Timothy Willett;
  • China Medical Education Association, Li Li;
  • Comite Internacional de Colaboracion Cientifica entre asociaciones de Simulacion (CICCAS), Andres Diaz-Guio;
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Simulation in der Medizin, Marcus Rall & Stephan Pruckner;
  • Dutch Society for Simulation in Healthcare (DSSH), Ulrich Strauch;
  • European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO), Frank R. Halfwerk;
  • European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), Crina Burlacu;
  • Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (EuroELSO), Frank R. Halfwerk;
  • Federacion Latinoamericana de Simulacion Clinica y Seguridad del Paciente, Andres Diaz-Guio;
  • Finnish Simulation Network (FinnSim), KirsiMarja Metsavainio;
  • Global Network for Simulation in Healthcare, Lennox Huang & Pam Jeffries;
  • Healthcare Simulation Users Network in Turkey, G. Ulufer Sivrikaya;
  • Hong Kong Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Albert Chan;
  • International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research and Education (INSPIRE), Tensing Maa & Kimberly Stone;
  • International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL), Desiree Diaz & Ashley Franklin;
  • International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS), Justin Jeffers & Kimberly Stone
  • Irish Association for Simulation, Crina Burlacu & Paul O’Connor;
  • Italian Society for simulation in medicine (SimMed), Pier Luigi Ingrassia;
  • Japan Association for Simulation-based Education in Healthcare Professionals, Ichiro Kaneko
  • Malaysian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (MaSSH), Zaleha Mahdy, Ismail Mohd Saiboon & Thiruselvi Subramaniam;
  • New Zealand Association for Simulation in Healthcare (NZASH), Brad Peckler;
  • Pakistan Simulation Network, Faisal Ismail;
  • Pan Asia Society for Simulation in Healthcare (PASSH), Ashokka Balakrishnan & Sayaka Oikawa;
  • Pediatric Simulation Training and Research Society (PediSTARS), Geethanjali Ramachandra;
  • Polish Society of Medical Simulation, Marek Dabrowski, Gregorz & Aleksandra Steliga;
  • Portuguese Society for Simulation Applied to Health Sciences (SPSim), Gustavo Norte;
  • RegSim Vest, Sigrun Qvindesland;
  • Saudi Society of Simulation in Healthcare (SSSH), Abdulaziz M. A. Boker;
  • Sociedad Argentina de Simulacion (SASIM), Carla Prudencio;
  • Sociedad Chilena de Simulacion Clinica (SOCHISIM), Soledad Armijo-Rivera & Mario Zuniga;
  • Sociedad Dominicana Simulacion Clinica (SODOSICLI), Pablo C. Smester;
  • Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Simulacion en Ciencias de la Salud para Seguridad del Paciente, Betty Bravo;
  • Sociedad Espanola de Simulacion Clinica y Seguridad del Paciente (SESSEP), Aida Camps-Gomez;
  • Sociedad Mexicana de Simulacion en Ciencias de la Salud, Edgar Israel Herrera Bastida;
  • Societe Francophone de Simulation en Sante (SoFraSimS), Dan Benhamou & Fouad Marhar, MD;
  • Society for Simulation Applied to Medicine of Moldova, Andrei Romancenco;
  • Society for Simulation in Europe (SESAM), Francisco Maio Matos, Pier Luigi Ingrassia & Doris Ostergaard;
  • Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), Barry Issenberg & Jayne Smitten;
  • Swedish Association for Clinical Training and Medical Simulation (KlinSim), Magnus Berndtzon;
  • The Gathering of Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists (SimGHOSTS)
  • Ukrainian Simulation Network, Halyna Tsymbaliuk, Yixing Chen & Erica Hinojosa;
  • Victorian Simulation Alliance, Debra Nestel;
  • Vital Anaesthesia Simulation Training (VAST), Adam Mossenson.