ACS/ASA Challenge

For the second consecutive year, the ACS Accredited Education Institutes Program (ACS AEI) and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Simulation Education Network (ASA SEN) partnered to offer the ACS/ASA Simulation Quality and Safety Challenge. This activity emphasizes the advantages of using simulation for quality improvement and requires collaborative planning between perioperative physicians and representatives from the institution's quality, safety, or risk management departments.

Submitters were asked to describe a project or activity aimed at improving the quality or safety of their institution via the use of simulation of any kind. Learn how these institutes are enhancing quality care with simulation by viewing their projects below. All projects will be presented in person at the 2025 ACS Surgical Simulation Summit in Chicago.

2025 Selected Projects

Insurance-driven Simulation-Based Perioperative Team Simulation Training to Improve Patient Care and Interprofessional Team Connection

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Harvard

Interprofessional Simulated Surgical Debriefing

Baylor Scott and White Hospital – Temple

An Interprofessional Tabletop Simulation to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)

University of Arkansas Medical School

Decreasing Preventable Harm Through in situ Simulation: Identifying, Mitigating, and Reporting Latent Safety Threats

Cleveland Clinic

Annual ACS/ASA Simulation Quality and Safety Challenge

2025 Selected Projects

Insurance-driven Simulation-Based Perioperative Team Simulation Training to Improve Patient Care and Interprofessional Team Connection

Interprofessional Simulated Surgical Debriefing

An Interprofessional Tabletop Simulation to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)

Decreasing Preventable Harm Through in situ Simulation: Identifying, Mitigating, and Reporting Latent Safety Threats