Promoting simulation in medical education
SESAM is a multiprofessional network of simulation enthusiasts in Europe.
SESAM was founded in Copenhagen in August 1994.
Upcoming Meetings
25th NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS
June 23 to 27, Phoenix Convention Center, USA
30 August - 2 September 2010, Melbourne, Australia
International Pediatric Simulation Symposium and Workshops (IPSSW) 2010
September 29-30, 2010, Madrid, Spain
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The 16th Annual SESAM Meeting LINKING HIGH TECH TO HIGH TOUCH was a great succes. The SESAM EC would like to thank the local organizers in Groningen for a meeting of high quality. Click for an impression by Burkhard J. Wermter.
Santander (E)
Who we are:
The Centro de Entrenamiento en Situaciones Críticas (CESC) is a multidisciplinary educational unit of the Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla in Santander (Spain).
Our mission is to enhance patient safety by means of training health care providers using patient simulation.
Was donated in 1997 by the Marcelino Botín Foundation (www.fundacionmbotin.org) and we have recently celebrated our 10th anniversary.
Center web page: www.cesc.com.es
Hospital web page: www.humv.es
Email adress: info@cesc.com.es
Phone: + 34 942 203 480
Fax: +34 942 203 480
Adress: Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Pabellón 21.
39008 Santander, Cantabria
Our Team:
The Centre has an Executive Director, an Educational Director and a Project Director, 20 medical instructors, 1 Anesthesia Resident and 7 nurses. They work partial time in the design and development of the curriculum and research. Also more than 10 instructors from different countries, backgrounds and positions collaborate in the CESC.
What we are using:
In 2001 we moved to the Administrative building (Pabellón 21) situated by the Hospital, where now operate on 360 m².
As teaching tools we are currently using two full scale simulators, standardized patients and several part task trainers.
What we are doing:
We focus on training and research activities related to postgraduate medical doctors and nurses. But also organize activities for medical and nursing students, and other health care providers and corporations. More than 6,000 people have participated in the Center activities since the beginning.
Our areas include Anesthesiology, Critical Care, Pediatrics, Radiology, Internal Medicine, Pain management, and Nursing. We mainly focus on clinical high performance team, decision making, and organizational behavior.
We hosted the 2002 SESAM annual meeting. We organized the 1st Spanish Meeting on Clinical Simulation in 2005, and we will host the first European Course offered by the Institute for Medical Simulation of Boston (USA) in May 2008.