About SSH
OUR SOCIETY
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) was established in January 2004 to represent the rapidly growing group of educators and researchers who utilize a variety of simulation techniques for education, testing, and research in health care. The membership, now over 3,000, is united by its desire to improve performance and reduce errors in patient care using all types of simulation including task trainers, human patient simulators, virtual reality, and standardized patients. We are a multi-disciplinary, multi-specialty, international society with ties to many medical specialties, nursing, allied health paramedical personnel, and industry.
A major venue for advancing simulation in medicine is the annual International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (formerly IMMS) that has been held successfully since 1995. SSH, beginning in 2006, has wholly sponsored this meeting. SSH welcomes ties with other organizations interested in patient simulation. Recognizing that simulation represents a paradigm shift in health care education, SSH promotes improvements in simulation technology, educational methods, practitioner assessment, and patient safety that promote better patient care and can improve patient outcome.
Founding Supporters
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF)
Duke University
Society for Technology in Anesthesia (STA)
Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
University of Miami Center for Research in Medical Education
