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Events
WHERE: Centre de Congrès de Lyon, 50 quai Charles de Gaulle, 69463 Lyon, France
WHEN: SESAM Pre Congress: Monday 15 June - Tuesday 16 June 2026
SESAM Annual Meeting: Wednesday 17 June - Friday 19 June 2026
TOPIC: 31st Annual Meeting of SESAM in Lyon, France
FOR WHO: all simulation enthusiasts
LINK: https://www.sesam-web.org/events/event/sesam-lyon-2026/
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: The Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM)
WHERE: Medical College of the University of Zielona Góra, 28 Zyty Street, Building F, 65-046 Zielona Góra
WHEN: to be announced in 2026
TOPIC: National Medical Simulation Conference MedSim 2026
FOR WHO: all medical simulation enthusiasts
LINK: http://ptsm.com.pl/
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: University of Zielona Góra, Polish Society of Medical Simulation
WHERE: Moskovská 2, miestnosť M6, Bratislava, Slovakia
WHEN: 03-04 September 2026
TOPIC: III. Slovak Conference on Medical Education and Simulations
FOR WHO: all simulation enthusiasts
LINK: -> coming soon <-
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: Ústav medicínskeho vzdelávania a simulácií, Lekárska Fakulta UK, Bratislava
WHERE: Harrogate Convention Centre, King's Rd, Harrogate HG1 5LA, United Kingdom
WHEN: 25-27 November 2026
TOPIC: SIMULATION: THE NEXT ERA
FOR WHO: all simulation enthusiasts
LINK: https://fitwise.eventsair.com/aspih2026/
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: The Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare, Association Management Company and Professional Conference Organiser
WHERE: Dubai Exhibition Centre, Mangrove Avenue 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
WHEN: 25-28 January 2027
TOPIC: WHX is where the world of healthcare meets.
FOR WHO: professionals, buyers, distributors, and policymakers
LINK: https://www.worldhealthexpo.com/events/healthcare/dubai/en/overview/general-event-FAQs.html
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: Informa Markets
WHERE: Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny, Szaserów 128, Warsaw, PL -> See on the map
WHEN: 11-12 December 2025
TOPIC: 1st Congress of the Polish Society for Medical Simulation (PTSM)
FOR WHO: PTSM members
LINK: http://ptsm.com.pl/
FORM: stationary
ORGANIZER: Polish Society for Medical Simulation (Polskie Towarzystwo Symulacji Medycznej - PTSM), Military Medical Institute – National Research Institute (Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy)
WHERE: Bournemouth International Conference Centre, Exeter Road, Bournemouth BH2 5BH, UK
WHEN: 11-13 November 2025
TOPIC: Simulation for impact: culture, co-production and creativity
FOR WHO: all simulation enthusiasts
LINK: https://fitwise.eventsair.com/aspih2025
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare
WHERE: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
WHEN: 16-18 October 2025 (Thursday to Saturday)
TOPIC: 3rd Arab Resuscitation Council Scientific Conference
FOR WHO: all medical simulation enthusiasts
LINK: https://www.arabresuscouncil.org/
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: Arab Resuscitation Council
WHERE: Medical Education and Simulation Center of the Silesian Medical University in Katowice, ul. Medyków 8b
WHEN: 17-18 September 2025
TOPIC: National Medical Simulation Conference MedSim 2025
FOR WHO: all medical simulation enthusiasts
LINK:https://medsim2025.sum.edu.pl/
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Polish Society of Medical Simulation
WHERE: Hotel Metropolo by Golden Tulip, Kraków, ul. Orzechowa 11, PL and Practical Medicine portal (online)
WHEN: 12–13 September 2025
TOPIC: 5th Medical Rescue Conference – Rescue 2025
FOR WHO: Professionals and people interested in modern solutions in the field of emergency medical services and pre-hospital medicine.
LINK: https://www.mp.pl/konferencje/ratownictwo/2025/#zaproszenie
FORM: stationary, online, paid from 300 PLN
ORGANIZER: Department of Emergency Medical Services, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bielsko-Biała, Department of Emergency Medical Services, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical College of the Jagiellonian University, Practical Medicine - Training Department.
WHERE: Moskovská 2, miestnosť M6, Bratislava, Slovakia
WHEN: 04-05 September 2025
TOPIC: II. Slovak Conference on Medical Education and Simulations
FOR WHO: all simulation enthusiasts
LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEmudhPQXbD84h9rCAUVg6ip5pkh2sVBgtExDOwxGSk8NknA/viewform?pli=1
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: Ústav medicínskeho vzdelávania a simulácií, Lekárska Fakulta UK, Bratislava
WHERE: Palacio de Congresos Avda. Cortes Valencianas, nº 60 46015 València (España)
WHEN: 25-27 June 2025
TOPIC: SESAM 30th Annual Meeting of SESAM in Valencia
FOR WHO: all simulation enthusiasts
LINK: https://www.sesam-web.org/events/event/sesam-valencia-2025/
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: The Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM)
WHERE: Medical University of Lublin, Medical Simulation Centre – ul. Chodźki 4, Lublin, Poland
WHEN: 29-31 May 2025
TOPIC: Med IQ - Medical Simulation and Education Conference
FOR WHO: all medical simulation enthusiasts
LINK: http://mediq.umlub.pl/
FORM: hybrid formula; paid
ORGANIZER: Student Scientific Club of Medical Simulation, Medical Simulation Center and Department of Medical Education of the Medical University of Lublin
WHERE: Campus No. II of the University of Engineering and Health in Warsaw (WSIiZ), Al. Jerozolimskie 195a, Warsaw, Poland
WHEN: 15 may 2025
TOPIC: Contemporary challenges and directions of development of modern nursing
FOR WHO: scientists, practitioners, nurses and midwives, but also representatives of other medical professions, including doctors, dieticians, physiotherapists, psychologists, paramedics, and students
LINK: https://wsiiz.pl/events/ii-ogolnopolska-konferencja-naukowa-pt-wspolczesne-wyzwania-i-kierunki-rozwoju-nowoczesnego-pielegniarstwa/
FORM: stationary, paid (from 35 PLN)
ORGANIZER: University of Engineering and Health in Warsaw
WHERE: Państwowa Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Głogowie, ul. Piotra Skargi 5, 67-200 Głogów
WHEN: 17 April 2025
TOPIC: IV National Scientific and Training Conference "Our Nurses. Our Future. Caring for Nurses Strengthens the Economy"
FOR WHO: nurses
LINK: https://im.pans.glogow.pl/konferencje/
FORM: hybrid, free
ORGANIZER: University Scientific Club of PTP – academic teachers at PANS in Głogów, Student Scientific Club of PTP at PANS in Głogów, Institute of Health Sciences PANS in Głogów
Frycz-Med - theory and practice
WHERE: Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski University in Krakow, Poland
WHEN: 28 March 2025
TOPIC: 1st Scientific Conference on Medical Simulation "Frycz-Med - theory and practice" Interprofessionalism in medical simulation.
FOR WHO: all simulation enthusiasts
LINK: https://konf-wcsm2025.uafm.edu.pl/
FORM: stationary, paid
ORGANIZER: Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski University in Krakow
Trainings
WHERE: Rzeszów, Poland
WHEN: To be determined
FORM: stationary / at the customer's; paid
ORGANIZER: CSM Sp. z o.o.
LINK: https://www.csmedu.pl/courses/.
Language: PL
TOPIC: Preparing and conducting OSCE exams
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors), technicians, CSM management staff
TOPIC: Standardized patient and communication in medical simulation
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors), Technicians, Sim Center Management Staff
TOPIC: Creating scenarios and assessment cards
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors)
TOPIC: Research in medical simulation
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors), Technicians, Sim Center Management Staff
TOPIC: Advanced training for medical simulation instructors
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors)
TOPIC: Basic training for medical simulation instructors
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors)
TOPIC: 3D printing in medical simulation
FOR WHO: Technicians
TOPIC: Simulation Technician Training
FOR WHO: Technicians
TOPIC: Medical Simulation Center Management
FOR WHO: Sim Center Management Staff
WHERE: Rzeszów, Poland
WHEN: To be determined
FORM: stationary / at the customer's; paid
ORGANIZER: CSM Sp. z o.o.
LINK: https://www.csmedu.pl/en/courses/
Language: ENG
TOPIC: Preparing and conducting OSCE exams
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors), technicians, CSM management staff
TOPIC: Standardized patient and communication in medical simulation
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors), Technicians, Sim Center Management Staff
TOPIC: Creating scenarios and assessment cards
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors)
TOPIC: Research in medical simulation
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors), Technicians, Sim Center Management Staff
TOPIC: Advanced training for medical simulation instructors
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors)
TOPIC: Basic training for medical simulation instructors
FOR WHO: Teachers (simulation instructors)
TOPIC: 3D printing in medical simulation
FOR WHO: Technicians
TOPIC: Simulation Technician Training
FOR WHO: Technicians
TOPIC: Medical Simulation Center Management
FOR WHO: Sim Center Management Staff
Scientific Zone
Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education & Collaborative Practice, World Health Organization 2010
ASPiH Standards 2023, Diaz-Navarro C, Laws-Chapman C, Moneypenny M, Purva M.
The ASPiH Standards - 2023: guiding simulation-based practice in health and care.
Global consensus statement on simulation-based practice in healthcare, Diaz-Navarro, C., Armstrong, R., Charnetski, M. et al. Global consensus statement on simulation-based practice in healthcare. Adv Simul 9, 19 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-024-00288-1
Healthcare Simulation Dictionary, 1ST EDITION, June 2016, A project of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, Lopreiato, J. O. (Ed.), Downing, D.,Gammon, W., Lioce, L., Sittner, B., Slot, V., Spain, A. E. (Associate Eds.), and the Terminology & ConceptsWorking Group. (2016). Healthcare Simulation Dictionary.
The Healthcare Simulation Code of Ethics. Code of Ethics Working Group, Park, C. S., Murphy, T. F., & the Code of Ethics Working Group (2018). Healthcare Simulationist Code of Ethics.
The impact of small-group virtual patient simulator training on perceptions of individual learning process and curricular integration: a multicentre cohort study of nursing and medical students, Mestre A, Muster M, El Adib AR, Ösp Egilsdottir H, Byermoen KR, Padilha M, Aguilar T, Tabagari N, Betts L, Sales L, Garcia P, Ling L, Café H, Binnie A, Marreiros A. BMC Med Educ. 2022 May 16;22(1):375. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03426-3. PMID: 35578233; PMCID: PMC9109952.
Using Mixed Reality Simulation to Improve Junior Medical Trainees' Preparedness to Manage High-Acuity Trauma, Clarke K, Al-Mukhtar A, Alim L, Nimer A, Hatfield E, Sabharwal S, Syed S. Using Mixed Reality Simulation to Improve Junior Medical Trainees' Preparedness to Manage High-Acuity Trauma. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 Apr 8;13(2):e002575. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002575. PMID: 38589055; PMCID: PMC11015284.
A virtual simulation-based clinical skills course, Kassutto S, Clancy C, Harbison S, Tsao S. A virtual simulation-based clinical skills course. Clin Teach. 2024 Aug;21(4):e13727. doi: 10.1111/tct.13727. Epub 2024 Jan 25. PMID: 38273464.
Simulation-based education in ultrasound - diagnostic and interventional abdominal focus, Pedersen MRV, Østergaard ML, Nayahangan LJ, Nielsen KR, Lucius C, Dietrich CF, Nielsen MB. Simulation-based education in ultrasound - diagnostic and interventional abdominal focus. Ultraschall Med. 2024 Aug;45(4):348-366. English, German. doi: 10.1055/a-2277-8183. Epub 2024 Mar 21. PMID: 38513687.
The impact of surgical simulation and training technologies on general surgery education, Shahrezaei A, Sohani M, Taherkhani S, Zarghami SY. The impact of surgical simulation and training technologies on general surgery education. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Nov 13;24(1):1297. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06299-w. PMID: 39538209; PMCID: PMC11558898.