ASPiH Affiliations

The Affiliations Agreement between The International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS) and Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) was signed on the 9th May at the IPSSW 2016 Conference in Glasgow

About IPSS

The International Pediatric Simulation Society (IPSS) has been established to promote and support multi-disciplinary simulation-based education, training and research in all subspecialties that care for infants and children. The Society organizes an annual meeting that brings together leaders in the field of paediatric simulation with educators, researchers and patient safety experts. http://ipssglobal.org/

The annual meeting – IPSSW – provides an opportunity to expand horizons, cross-fertilize ideas and promote excellence in education and investigative research.

IPSS is a not-for-profit corporation organized under the Laws of Emerald City, and having its principal place of business at Avenue de Tervueren 300, B-1150, Brussels, Belgium.

The primary goals of this affiliation

To promote each respective organization and their endeavours amongst relevant networks and wider communities through a variety of routes including traditional and online marketing methods

To share & develop new knowledge, skills and resources to benefit the respective membership communities of each organization

To provide opportunities for collaboration at individual, institutional and organization-wide levels

To enhance the dissemination of innovations and solutions to community identified problems amongst members and the wider simulation community

Membership benefit

20% reduction in membership to IPSS plus discounted registration to annual conference.

Discount code available on request [email protected]

SSH launch their Healthcare Simulation Dictionary designed to enhance communication and clarity for healthcare simulationists in teaching, education, assessment, research, and systems integration activities Download SSH Healthcare Simulation Dictionary

Opportunity to comment http://www.ssih.org/Dictionary

The Affiliation Agreement between the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) and the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) was signed on the 5th May 2016

About SSH - The Society for Simulation in Healthcare is a nonprofit organization, tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, with a mission of promoting excellence in healthcare education, practice and research through simulation modalities http://www.ssih.org/

The primary goal of this affiliation is to encourage and support simulation activities in healthcare and have their respective members benefit from each other’s programs.

Membership benefit

1. A discount of $51.00 in membership to SSH plus discounted registration to annual conference
2. A subscription to Simulation in Healthcare (SIH) the journal owned by SSH and published by SSH and Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. A printed and online subscription will be made available for North American Affiliates and an online only subscription to SIH for Non-North American Affiliates.

Discount code available on request [email protected]

The Association for Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) have signed an affiliation agreement with ASPiH during their Annual Conference 2016 in Tampa, Florida.

On the left Grace Gephardt (ASPE president) and Carrie Hamilton (ASPiH Executive Committee member) signing the agreement in Tampa

On the right, Grace and Carrie are joined by Karen Lewis, immediate past president

The affiliation will allow each organization to offer its respective members an opportunity to join or renew membership with the other organization at a reduced rate.

Further details of the affiliation coming soon

Centre For The Advancement Of Interprofessional Education

Communication has started between ASPiH and the Centre For The Advancement Of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE)

It is hoped that such an affiliation with a like minded organisation will be of mutual benefit to promote and develop interprofessional simulation-based education

CAIPE is the UK based Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education. It is an;

• independent ‘think tank’ comprising of individual, corporate and student members working with organisations in the UK and overseas to improve collaborative practice and thereby the quality of care by professions learning and working together
• a national and international authoritative voice on interprofessional education in both universities and the workplace
• a membership organisation established in 1987, it is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee