ASPiH does not believe that it is a regulatory body which will monitor compliance to standards. The aim of the ASPiH standards are to support innovation and act as an aspirational tool to encourage individuals and organisations to raise the profile and value of simulation-based education.

Yes - you can cross reference evidence where appropriate, especially where a large volume of evidence has been provided. However, we rely on the applicant providing sufficient depth and breadth of evidence to draw meaningful conclusions. Hence in an application where only a small body of evidence has been presented, further cross referencing will weaken the application.

It is advisable that you read the ASPiH accreditation guidance document, the Standards for Simulation-based Practice, and the relevant application document.

An application for accreditation is essentially a retrospective endeavour; achievements to date rather than specific details of future plans. Suitably redacted or anonymised documents would be acceptable. Ultimately the onus is on the individuals or centres to provide information sufficient to allow us to accept that they have met the minimum threshold for accreditation.

ASPiH and the accreditation committee offer an assurances of data security for all those submitting accreditation applications

Applications are never rejected - they are only deferred and the timeframe for resubmission will be on a case by case basis. Feedback to the applicant will suggest the period of time or evidence required before resubmission

Individual accreditation is for all members of the faculty team; technicians can apply for accreditation as long as they are able to fulfil the application and evidence requirements.

Currently, ASPiH has no capacity to accept video footage as evidence, but this may alter in the near future.

No, courses that are repeated can be referenced by frequency i.e. 6 times a year and perhaps include a course review as evidence.

Ideally, all faculty should be accredited, however ASPiH appreciate that this is not feasible. A pragmatic solution would be to aim for over 50% of all facilitators in an organisation to be accredited to allow for a critical mass of facilitators to spearhead change and innovation.

Part of the process of seeking accreditation is to reflect on how an individual or organisation meets the standards. This reflection is an important part of the process. As such, we want applicants to really think about how they meet the standards rather than copying from a model application. Also, different people and organisations meet the standards in a range of different ways. So, there is really no ‘model’ answer. However, on the application form, we have provided some suggestions for how an applicant might demonstrate they meet a particular standard.

It is difficult to give a definitive answer to this question. The time requirement is not just on completing the application, but also in organising and preparing the supporting evidence. This could also potentially be a time consuming activity if it is not readily available and well organisation. Based upon the time taken by members of the ASPiH committee to complete the application itself, we estimate that it might take 10-20 person hours to complete an individual application, and 30-40 person hours to complete an organisation application. We would highly recommend forming a committee to complete the organisation application.

At least two members of the ASPiH executive committee will review each application and decide whether the applicant meets the required standards.

If after reading the documentation you still have questions, please email them to: [email protected]