Program pre-conference workshops & conference days

The congress will take place from 31 August to 2 September 2022 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Time Event
09:00 – 12:00 Pre-conference workshops
Workshop 1 – Digital play – Training of standardized patients for digital formats
Workshop 2 – Simulated patients and stereotypes – How to deal with diversity in human simulation
12:00 – 12:30 Break
12:30 – 13:30 Registration
13:30 – 14:00 Opening of conference – greetings
Carole Wyser, Director, HESAV
Frédéric Borloz, Head of Education and Professional Training Departments and Counsil Member of Vaud canton (Head of Education and Professional Training, Vaud)
Juan Muro Sans, Simulation Unit Manager, HESAV
14:00 – 15:00 Keynote speaker 1: Francine Viret & Karen Lister
Standardized Patients in exceptional circumstances: pandemic workarounds that are here to stay and how SP are not tools to use but experts to employ
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 Short presentations
18 – Using simulation to prepare APS students for their first apprenticeship
3 – The use of virtual reality versus standardized patients: issues and challenges
4 – Respite service for informal caregivers: evaluation of simulation-training based education program
5 – Quality assurance of role portrayal of simulated patients – The current status of a multicenter qualitative exploratory study
6 – Patient instructor: a new way of teaching neurology to physiotherapy students?
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Thursday, 1 September 2022

Time Event
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:15 Keynote speaker 2: Dr. Daniel Tolks
Serious Games and gamification for health: why should we be using them more, why aren’t we already and how would we be doing that anyway? A serious session to be enjoyed.
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 12:00 Short presentations
11 – Analysis of Teaching Practices with Virtual Reality in Higher Education
12 – The role of modern technologies in disaster training: an overview of scientifically evaluated training methods used to prepare medical first responders for disasters
13 – Never have I ever… Supporting teachers and trainers during their first experiences with immersive technologies
14 – Design process of a virtual reality simulation environment for training Quality, Health and Safety managers: an approach to instructional design principles adaptable to health simulation context
1 – Pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, and family health care lesson with e-book and Virtual Reality
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 – 14:00 Short presentations
10 – Combined simulation with VR and computer-controlled manikins
7 – Reducing childbirth-related intrusive memories and PTSD symptoms via a singlesession behavioural intervention including a visuospatial task: A proof-of principle study
8 – The place of Serious Games for the Future Of Legal Educacion – PRITS
9 – A glimpse of future – exploring objective measures for evaluating medical teamwork in VR settings – a mixed methods review
14:00 – 14:30 Coffee break
14:30 – 17:00 Workshop 3 – Entering a new reality – chances and limitations of VR in medical education
Workshop 4 – Working with Simulated Participants online without putting them “on the line”
17:45 – 18:45 CEPS Elysée visit at center for simulation
19:30 – 22:00 Conference dinner
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Friday, 2 September 2022

Time Event
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 10:15 Keynote speaker 3: Dr. med. Tanja Birrenbach & Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Sauter
Virtual Emergency Medicine – Education in Acute Care Medicine
10:15 – 12:30 Workshop 5 – HESAV: transversality and specificity of simulated patient training
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:15 Slide poster presentations
2 – Measurement of social skills with standardized patients
3 – The effects of an acute care training module on student nurses’ self – confidence in clinical assessment and judgement: a quasi-experimental study
4 – What does the tattoo studio have to do with simulations?
5 – Keeping the eye on the ball: How we built artificial eyes to extend a fundoscopy simulator’s scope
6 – Nursing simulation education current and future perspective in middle income countries
1 – What role do knowledge and the diagnostic process play in clinical reasoning in the context of virtual patients?
14:15 – 14:45 Coffee break
14:45 – 16:15 Short presentations
15 – Managing an immersive simulation session: an analysis of the facilitators’ role
16 – Retrospective view from professional sight on value of communication training
17 – Frugal innovation in a healthcare education context. Case study of an eco-sustainable approach in simulation
2 – Standardized Patient simulation research in a culturally oriented system: experiences and outcomes
16:15 – 16:45 Round table “How should we be going about SP and Simulation in Switzerland”
16:45 – 17:00 Closing of conference