ASPiH Accreditation

In November 2018, the team at Örkin simulation centre, Landspitali University Hospital in Iceland achieved ASPiH Organisation Accreditation!

Click on the video picture for their experiences of the process!

Background

Guidance

Online Registration & Fees

Application forms

Accreditation awards

FAQs

Background

Simulation-based education (SBE) has matured into a formally recognised teaching method embedded in all healthcare training programmes. It is therefore important that standards of delivery of SBE are defined and described in a document that can be readily applied in different organisational contexts. Throughout 2015 and 2016, ASPiH consulted widely and developed the standards framework for simulation-based education in the UK. ASPiH is now in the early stages of providing an accreditation scheme that individuals, programme leads and organisations can apply to demonstrate that they are delivering high quality simulation-based education that will benefit patient care in clinical practice.

Guidance

There are two key documents we recommend you read before starting your ASPiH Accreditation application.

Consider carefully whether you fulfil the criteria before progressing to application;

To become accredited, individuals and organisations should be:
▪ delivering simulated-based education
▪ able to provide evidence to support their application
▪ able to meet the requirements of the standards and accreditation documentation

There are also assessment descriptor matrices to help applicants to have a better understanding of what is expected by reviewers in each of the sections of the individual, programme and organisational application forms.

Individual Organisation Programme

Ready to progress with accreditation? Register your intent online here

Online Registration & Fees

The initial online registration form can be accessed here

Accreditation fees

As from March 2018 the new ASPiH membership fees and accreditation will run in parallel – current individual and institutional membership includes the option to submit an application for ASPiH accreditation with no additional cost. Alternatively, non-ASPiH members considering applying for accreditation must commit and pay for membership for the length of the 3-year accreditation cycle.

Accredited organisations will commit to an Institutional membership of £400 per year for 3 years. Named members listed on an Institutional membership may be changed on annual renewal. A named member on an Institutional membership is able to submit an individual accreditation application but must revert to an Individual membership should their organisation relinquish their Institutional membership or remove them as a named member at any time within the 3-year cycle.
Individuals submitting an accreditation application will commit to ASPiH membership of £75 per year for 3 years.
Programme applications will require a single payment of £300 to cover the 3-year accreditation cycle, this will include an individual ASPiH membership for the lead person/faculty for 3 years as part of their award.

Organisation accreditation will incur additional visit expenses on an actual cost basis (covering travel, accommodation and subsistence) and these will be invoiced separately.

Application forms

Accreditation awards

Congratulations to all those who have achieved ASPiH Accreditation, either Individual or Organisation!

November 2018

Hull Institute of Learning and Simulation, Hull East Yorks NHS Trust - Organisation Accreditation

Örkin simulation centre, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland - Organisation Accreditation

September 2018

Dr Ratna Makker, West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust - Individual Accreditation

June 2018

Carrie Hamilton, University of Portsmouth and SimComm Academy - Individual Accreditation

Ben Woodrow-Hirst, Mid Cheshire Hospital Foundation Trust - Individual Accreditation

November 2017

Ann Sunderland, Wynnefield Consulting - Individual Accreditation

Liam Wilson, North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust - Individual Accreditation

FAQs