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2026 Agenda

7:15-8 a.m.: Registration/Breakfast/Exhibitors – Regnier Center Atrium


8-8:15 a.m.: Welcome – Hudson Auditorium (NMOCA 217) (No outside food or drink allowed; water provided)


8:15-9 a.m.: Keynote – When Needs Lead: Building Efficient, Sustainable Simulation Programs – Jarrod Young, Matt Charnetski, Phillip Wortham, Kim Leighton, E.B. Floersch – Hudson Auditorium (NMOCA 217) (No food or drink allowed)


9-9:20 a.m.: Break (food and drink available)/Poster Viewing – RC 270/Exhibitors – Regnier Center Atrium


9:20-10:35 a.m.: Workshops – Round 1 – Capitol Federal Conference Center and Hudson Auditorium

  1. Awareness of Professional Standards (Jarrod Young) – RC 101A
  2. Best Practices and Contributing to the Advancement of Healthcare Simulation (Matt Charnetski) – RC 101D
  3. Healthcare Simulation Topics for Operations Specialists (Phillip Wortham) – RC 101B
  4. Healthcare Simulation Topics for Simulation Educators (Kim Leighton) – RC 101C
  5. Choosing the Right Tool: Aligning Simulation Modalities with Learning Outcomes (E.B. Floersch) – Hudson Auditorium (NMOCA 217)

10:35-10:45 a.m.: Break/Poster Viewing — RC 270/Exhibitors – Regnier Center Atrium


10:45-11:15 a.m.: Poster Presentations – RC 270/Exhibitors – Regnier Center Atrium


11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Lunch/Poster Viewing – RC 270/Tours – CLB 103/Exhibitors – Regnier Center Atrium

11:15-11:45 a.m.: Tour of the Zamierowski Center for Healthcare Simulation (ZCHS)

11:15-11:45 a.m.: Exhibitor Presentations/Workshops

  • Diamond Sponsor Intelligent Video Solutions presents: Growing Smarter, Not Just Bigger: Allen College's Journey to Scaling Simulation with VALT (Dr. Ashley Ollendieck, Professor & Simulation Lab Coordinator, Allen College School of Nursing, and Jacob Diaz, Midwest Regional Director, Intelligent Video Solutions) – RC 145
  • Platinum Sponsor SIMStation presents: SIMStation in Real-time: An Interactive Demo Experience (Gerrad Fase) – RC 181
  • Platinum Sponsor SentinelU presents: Beyond the Head-to-Toe: Developing Clinical Reasoning Through Health Assessment Simulation (Glenn Davis) – RC 183

12:15-1:30 p.m.: Workshops – Round 2 – Capitol Federal Conference Center and Hudson Auditorium

  1. Awareness of Professional Standards (Jarrod Young) – RC 101A
  2. Best Practices and Contributing to the Advancement of Healthcare Simulation (Matt Charnetski) – RC 101D
  3. Healthcare Simulation Topics for Operations Specialists (Phillip Wortham) – RC 101B
  4. Healthcare Simulation Topics for Simulation Educators (Kim Leighton) – RC 101C
  5. Choosing the Right Tool: Aligning Simulation Modalities with Learning Outcomes (E.B. Floersch) – Hudson Auditorium (NMOCA 217)

1:30-1:50 p.m.: Break/Poster Viewing/Exhibitors – Regnier Center Atrium


1:50-3:05 p.m.: Workshops – Round 3 – Capitol Federal Conference Center and Hudson Auditorium

  1. Awareness of Professional Standards (Jarrod Young) – RC 101A
  2. Best Practices and Contributing to the Advancement of Healthcare Simulation (Matt Charnetski) – RC 101D
  3. Healthcare Simulation Topics for Operations Specialists (Phillip Wortham) – RC 101B
  4. Healthcare Simulation Topics for Simulation Educators (Kim Leighton) – RC 101C
  5. Choosing the Right Tool: Aligning Simulation Modalities with Learning Outcomes (E.B. Floersch) – Hudson Auditorium (NMOCA 217)

3:05-3:20 p.m.: Break/Poster Viewing/Exhibitors – Regnier Center Atrium


3:20-4 p.m.:


4-5 p.m.: Reception/Poster Awards Ceremony – Regnier Center Atrium