Join the Simulation Quality and Safety Challenge

The ACS- AEI Program and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Simulation Education Network (SEN) have partnered to offer the ACS/ASA Simulation Quality and Safety Challenge. This activity emphasizes the advantages of simulation in healthcare settings and requires collaborative planning between anesthesiologists, surgeons, and representatives from the institution's quality, safety, or risk management departments.

For the challenges, teams are tasked with describing a project or activity that is aimed at improving your healthcare institution’s quality or safety via the use of simulation of any kind. 

The project must:

• Have a clear aim.
• Use simulation for quality improvement and/or safety (patient or workers).
• Involve collaborative planning between at least one anesthesiologist, one surgeon and one individual from the institution’s quality, safety, or risk management department.
• Involve at least surgeons and anesthesiologists in the activity.
• Interprofessional activities involving more than anesthesiologists and surgeons are encouraged.

Winners of the challenge will present at the 2024 Simulation Summit during the joint ACS/ASA session. Additionally, the planning committee will select one organization to receive up to $1,000 for conference-related expenses.

Submissions are due by October 1, 2023 to edinstitutes@facs.org and any questions can be directed to Kathy Johnson at kjohnson@facs.org.