Many organizations are facilitating live manikin- or SP-based simulations over virtual platforms (Zoom, etc.). Here, we are collecting advice and resources for planning and facilitating experiential learning at a distance. If you know of a good resource we should include, please leave a comment below or contact us!

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General

• Infographic: Virtual Class Etiquette - courtesy of @talk2nemat
• Infographic: Learner's Virtual Debriefing Checklist

Facilitation, Briefing & Debriefing

• INACSL: Webinar - Prebriefing: A Guide for Online, Remote and Virtual Simulations
• SSH: Webinar - Utilizing Zoom for Remote Simulation Education
• Center for Medical Simulation: Webinar - Facilitating Experiential Learning Online
• Paper: Cheng A et al. A practical guide to virtual debriefings: communities of inquiry perspective. Advances in Simulation 2020:5(18).
• Paper: Honda R & McCoy CE. Teledebriefing in Medical Simulation. StatPearls 2020: Jan.

Resuscitation & Acute Care

• EM Sim Cases: Virtual Resus Room technique using screensharing and webconference to work through cases
• Barry Robinson: Virtual Vital Signs Monitor - free

Working With Standardized Patients

• Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE): Webinar - SP Telecommunication at the Time of COVID-19
• Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE): Collection of Distance Learning and Telehealth Teaching Resources - includes list of publications
• University of Pittsburgh: SP Orientation to Zoom
• University of Minnesota: Webinar - Zooming with SPs in COVID-19 Response
• From Avkin: Virtual Sims (tracheostomy, communication) | Urinary Catheterization | Additional Tracheostomy

Interprofessional Simulation

• University of Minnesota: Webinar - Interprofessional Online Simulation in COVID-19 Response

Video Platforms

In addition to Zoom, Google Meetings, GoTo, etc.

• WeVu - Canadian cloud platform for sharing video asynchronously in groups, with time-specific comments – for ongoing, remote debriefing and dialogue.
• Reacts - Canadian platform for distance coaching, debriefing and augmented reality

Industry Solutions

• CAE Healthcare - Advice for enabling distance learning via LearningSpace
• UbiSim - created a VR Sim Recorder for faculty to record and share videos of simulations in their VR simulator
• EMS (SimulationIQ) - webinars and information resources for enabling distance simulations, plus telemedicine training resources and platform for virtual OSCEs
• VentiSim from Nasco Healthcare can be used with webconferencing for distance learning for RTs
• Acadicus guidance on running VR simulations over webconference
• LiquidGoldConcept - Lactation QBank: On-demand, video call simulations with standardized patients for maternal-child education

Our resources during the pandemic:

• Overview of special services and resources during the pandemic
• COVID-19 Simulations - scenarios and planning guides
• Virtual Simulations & Virtual Patients
• Safer in-person simulation