First, thank you!
During the recent SSH Dollar-for-Dollar campaign, this amazing community contributed $63,790 to the SSH Fund. The Board’s match doubled it to $127,580.
Every gift — individual and corporate — mattered, and here is where gifts like those end up.
Emily Bishop is a Healthcare Simulation Technician at the University of Colorado College of Nursing in Aurora. At IMSH 2026, she had two accepted sessions on the program: a Hot Topic on sustainability in simulation operations and a podium presentation on advancing the simulation operations profession. She was ready with knowledge others wanted and the want to share. Getting to San Antonio, however, was the hard part.
The Beverlee Anderson Education Scholarship closed that gap.
“Without this scholarship I would have struggled significantly to fund my trip to San Antonio, likely not being able to attend or present at all,” Bishop said.
The scholarship covers full IMSH registration, a travel stipend, one pre-conference course, and a year of SSH membership. And, in this case, the return on investment for the healthcare simulation field was immediate as Bishop presented both of her sessions and opened others to take that shared knowledge home with them.
That’s what the SSH Fund means.
Three people received the scholarship for IMSH 2026. SimVentors drew more than 65 submissions. The Research Awards back early-career investigators, and the Chad Epps Memorial Lecture is an integral part of IMSH each January.
The Fund grows the way a community does, one person at a time. A first gift matters. So does a small monthly gift, and it helps the Fund plan ahead.
If you gave this fall during the campaign, thank you again. If you’ve been thinking about giving, we’d love to have you with us.
Give or set up a recurring gift here.
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Compelling Stories in Healthcare Simulation
SSH is collecting compelling stories from the healthcare simulation community to share with the world. If you have seen simulation save lives, protect patients, or change the way someone learns, we want to hear it.
Stories like Emily’s are why this work matters, and SSH is gathering more of them. Have you seen simulation save lives, improve patient safety, or change the way someone learns? Sharing your story shows the world what simulation can do. Tell us yours through the button above.
Andrew Spain, PhD, MA, EMT-P
SSH Associate Executive Director