SSH: Accelerating Simulation Excellence

From within the industry, it’s easy to see that simulation is one of the cornerstones of safe, efficient, and competency-based healthcare education. As the field’s leading authority for standards, accreditation, pedagogy, and collaboration, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), is at the forefront of enabling educators to deliver this vital form of instruction with measurable outcomes under growing operational pressure.

As the presidential sponsor of IMSH 2026, Education Management Solutions (EMS) is honored to play a role in driving forward-thinking conversations and spotlighting the latest advances in simulation management. As the simulation community gathers for IMSH 2026, EMS wanted to take a moment to spotlight SSH’s impact on the healthcare simulation ecosystem, highlight the tangible benefits of the organization, and discuss how SSH can help educators through some of the future challenges on the healthcare education horizon.

Why SSH Matters: Standards That Translate Into Outcomes

The Society for Simulation in Healthcare provides shared standards, terminology, and practices that let organizations build, measure, and scale simulation with confidence.

Here’s why that matters to programs:

Standardization and Accreditation
SSH helps the industry define clear, rigorous expectations for scenario design, operations, and assessment. These standards encourage continuous improvement to promote patient safety and program credibility.

Ongoing Research and Pedagogy
Through SSH provided access to research publications and thought leadership forums, educators have can leverage evidence-based guidance needs to help them evolve their programs alongside clinical demands and advancing instructional technology.

Educator Development and Certification
By providing defined pathways for building and recognizing faculty and operations expertise through accreditation programs, SSH improves consistency in teaching and evaluation.

Community Building and Collaboration
Offering a global network of like-minded professionals with numerous opportunities to connect helps turn innovations into repeatable practice and  prevents best practices from

IMSH: A catalyst for Community Progress

As the leading conference for the healthcare simulation industry, IMSH has traditionally been where the simulation community synchronizes around what works. By convening educators, clinicians, operations specialists, researchers, and solution partners, IMSH enables peers to connect in a way they simply can’t replicate online.

How Attendees Leverage SSH’s IMSH Conference

  • Fast diffusion of best practices through hands-on sessions and real-world case studies.
  • Benchmarking and peer exchange to pressure-test ideas before scaling them.
  • Cross-disciplinary collaboration that reflects the realities of interprofessional care.
  • Ongoing exposure to emerging trends, technology and hardware advances, regulatory expectations, and safety priorities.

Collaboration Multiplies Impact

SSH’s ecosystem thrives on shared purpose. Educators, clinicians, operations leaders, researchers, and solution providers each play a role in translating standards into daily practice. Institutions that engage deeply in SSH’s offerings, whether it’s in special interest groups, working groups, research collaborations, or IMSH, consistently accelerate program improvement.

Through its continued Presidential sponsorship of IMSH, Education Management Solutions is proud to contribute toward SSH’s leadership, helping to further ensure the healthcare simulation community can meet rising simulation training requirements with rigor, efficiency, and measurable results.