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NCCMMS at SESAM and the WHO Académie de Lyon

The Society for Simulation in Europe, aka SESAM, held their annual conference this year in Lyon, France. NCCMMS was there with colleagues from healthcare simulation societies and organizations from around the globe.  A one-day symposium titled Simulation for Global Health: From Innovation to Implementation was held at the WHO Académie de Lyon on Monday, 15 […]
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NCCMMS Success at IMSH 2026!

The NCCMMS Team presented multiple times during the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare 2026, aka IMSH, in San Antonio, Texas. IMSH is the preeminent healthcare simulation conference, with over 5,000 attendees including over 100 vendors, all focused on learning, sharing, and conferring throughout the whirlwind five-day event. The Dr. C. Donald Combs, Bob Armstrong […]
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NCCMMS at I/ITSEC ’25

BOB ARMSTRONG of NCCMMS moderated and participated in the “Future of Healthcare Simulation” panel at the recent Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC).  on Tuesday, 2 December 2025 in Orlando, Florida. The panel included HARU OKUDA, M.D., Associate Vice President, Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice, University of South Florida; JENNIFER MANOS, Executive Director, Society […]
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Healthcare Simulation 2050: Building a Better Future Together

Bob Armstrong of NCCMMS recently co-led an insightful Society for Simulation in Healthcare Forum on 9-10 January 2025.  Titled “Healthcare Simulation 2050: Building a Better Future Together,” the Forum brought together simulation experts and healthcare leaders to discuss the current state of healthcare simulation and envision its future.  Paul Phrampus, MD, MBA, CPE, from the […]
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Global Consensus Statement on Simulation-based Practice in Healthcare

The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and the Society for Simulation in Europe (SESAM) led an international collaborative effort to establish a global consensus on the key priorities for the broad adoption of exemplary simulation practice that benefits patients and healthcare workforces. The outcome of this effort, titled Global Consensus Statement on Simulation-based Practice, […]
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