SIMULATION AND INTEGRATIVE LEARNING
Established in 1987, the Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute (SAIL) was one of the first standardized patient-based clinical performance assessment centers in the world. For 29 years, we have facilitated technology-based and human-based simulation experiences for thousands of healthcare students and professionals. With patient safety as one of our driving motivators, we work to design simulation for the development of comprehensive healthcare professionals. Aligning with the UI College of Medicine’s mission to uplift the health of our community, our vision is to develop patient-partnered simulation strategies for the entire healthcare community of practice, including patients, families, and more.
Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute
In-Person Simulation COVID Guidelines
SAIL is committed to maintaining as safe an environment as possible for everyone. The following are the current policies for SAIL in-person activities. Please check back as these policies will change in accordance with CDC guidance.
- Staff, learners and visitors must wear a well-fitting mask at all times while in SAIL. Double masking is strongly encouraged.
- 6-foot social distancing is to be maintained.
- If an activity requires participants to be closer than 6 feet from each other for a brief period of time, additional PPE will be provided as necessary.
- Staff may ask that room doors be left open for better ventilation.
- If you are experiencing symptoms or tested positive for COVID within 14 days of your program, do not come to the center. Learn more about quarantine guidance from the CDC.
And faculty, as we work towards a new normal, in person events will account for small learner group size and streamlined in-person contact time for the foreseeable future
Though the above may lessen the transmission of the COVID virus, it will not completely eliminate the risk. Therefore, we will still encourage simulation programs to remain virtual if at all possible.
Additional Information, please go to: UIC Today.
SAIL NEWSLETTER – Fall 2021
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SAIL NEWSLETTER – Spring 2021
SAIL NEWSLETTER – Winter 2020
Congratulations to C.A.P.E. Award recipient Robert Kiser
SAIL’s Associate Director, Bob Kiser, is a recipient of the 2020 Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) Award. This prestigious award is given to academic professional staff members, selected from nominees across the entire university, in recognition of excellence and important contributions to the University of Illinois at Chicago. Read more here.
The UIC Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute has Global Impact.
The Simulation and Integrative Learning Institute impacts simulation-based education around the world through our professional development programs for simulation educators, fellowships, research, and presentations. In addition to the programs offered at the SAIL in Chicago, SAIL faculty and […]
SAIL Simulation Webinars
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BLS, ACLS, and PALS
UPDATED Release from AHA (5/20/20):
We are now offering AHA HeartCode Blended course options. Please click here for more information.
It’s not just semantics: Tele-simulation vs Tele-health.
The COVID19 pandemic has prompted rapid change in the way simulation is experienced by learners. In this short video, Dr. Park and Dr. Gangopadhyaya talk about how a tele-simulation learning experience is different from a tele-health learning experience.
International Meeting
2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, a meeting that grew from just a few handfuls of people, to what is now a 4,000+ conference of the global simulation community of practice. All of the Past Presidents of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, and highlights of their achievements, were honored on January 19, 2020 in San Diego in celebration of this milestone year. SAIL Director Christine Park, MD, FSSH (2nd from right), was the 2017 SSH President.