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Contents
- 1 About this website
- 2 Simulated Stuff
- 3 Serious Games (Screen and TableTop Simulations)
- 4 Streamlining Simulation Operations
- 5 Make Your Own
- 6 Healthcare Simulation Makers, Projects, Showcases and Design Challenges
- 7 Spectrum of Ideas (at IMSH and SimOps)
- 8 Simulation in Low-Resource Environments
- 9 Trading Post
- 10 Other Sources of Free/Libre/Open Source Ideas
- 11 Become Involved!
About this website
Open Source Sim is a 100% volunteer-run and community-generated collection of ideas on how to create high-quality and low-cost healthcare simulations. Our goal is to increase the number of tools in the toolbox, and provide people with the confidence and resources to create new tools if the right one doesn't exist (yet)!
Simulated Stuff
Simulated Clinical Equipment
- Simulated Code Blue Button - https://www.hackster.io/daescobar/diy-code-red-button-for-healthcare-simulation-7847ad
- Simulated Glucometer
- Simulated Intravenous (IV) Setups
- Simulated Patient Monitor
- Simulated ER Ultrasound Machine - https://vimeo.com/groups/edus/videos/42133681
- Simulated Saturated Oxygen (SpO2) Probe
- Simulated Ventilator
Simulated Electronic Medical Records
- OpenMRS - http://www.openmrs.org
- OpenEMR - http://www.open-emr.org
- OSAEMR - Open Source Anesthesia Electronic Medical Record - http://www.osaemr.org
Simulated Imaging
EKG
- http://www.emedu.org/ecg_lib/index.htm
- http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html
- http://ecg.utah.edu/img_index
X-Rays
Simulated Environment
- Ambient Hospital Sounds https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8TxxsGYKC6mMFoRumnUncNrWDMqxj6Vf
- Ventilator Sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNiUI8g9B9s
Simulated Supplies
- Drugs.com http://drugs.com
- DailyMed http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/
- RXResource.org http://www.rxresource.org/index.html
Simulated Procedures (Part Task Trainers)
- Central Line Trainer Updates - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBUc1Qp_mtM&t=3s
- Making Replacement Chest Tube Tissue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBUc1Qp_mtM
- Simulated Ultrasound Guided Cannulation
- Simulated Tissue for Ultrasound IV Training - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypw8vjZ2DN0
- Developing Low Cost Task Trainer (IMSH 2018 Workshop)
Simulated Patients
Simulated Wounds (Moulage)
- Printing Burns, Wounds, with Papilo Tattoos- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co8SrShJ_3U
- Simulated Bloody Suctioning
- Making Moulage on a Very Tight Budget (JEMS Article)
- Easy Gel Effects - http://www.sim-one.ca/community/tip/easy-gel-effects
- The Sim Tech's Moulage http://thesimtech.com/moulage
- Facebook Group - Simple Moulage
Learning from the Special Effects Industry
- http://www.therpf.com
- Stan Winston School of Character Arts http://www.stanwinstonschool.com
- Neill Gorton's 911 http://neillgortonsmakeupfx911.wordpress.com
- University Web Sites http://www.facebook.com/groups/SFX.VFW.Bolton
- BITY http://www.brickintheyard.com
- Magazines, Videos, and Podcasts
Serious Games (Screen and TableTop Simulations)
Streamlining Simulation Operations
- Start-up/Tear-down and User Guides
- Setup & Tear-down
- Audio Guide
- Familiarization Checklist for SimMan Originally contributed to Behind the Sim Curtain by Kam McCowan
- Untangling the Complexity of Wiring a Simulation Room
- Storage and Organization
- Operation Manuals
- Cleaning and Maintenance
Make Your Own
Getting Started in Making and Open Source
- Maker Faire(s) - http://www.makerfaire.org
- Makerspace - http://makerspace.com
- Open Source http://opensource.com
- MediaWiki http://mediawiki.org
Design Thinking
- What is Design Thinking? - https://medium.com/@ResultsMay/what-the-heck-is-design-thinking-anyway-f215ef5a4b54#.yft3xwgkt
- Virtual Crash Course in Design Thinking, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design "d.school" at Stanford - http://dschool.stanford.edu/dgift/
- Wicked Problems in Design Thinking, Richard Buchanan - http://www.jstor.org/stable/1511637?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- Design Thinking Bootleg Bootcamp, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design "d.school" at Stanford - http://dschool.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/BootcampBootleg2010v2SLIM.pdf
- Designing for People, Don Norman - http://www.jnd.org/
- Design Thinking for Educators, IDEO.org - http://www.designthinkingforeducators.com/
- Human-Centered Design Toolkit - http://www.designkit.org/
- Human Centered Design for Social Innovation, online course by acuman with IDEO.org - http://plusacumen.org/courses/hcd-for-social-innovation/
DIY
- Instructables - http://www.instructables.com/
Materials
- Silicones https://www.smooth-on.com/
- Gelatins
Methods
- Sculpting
- Molding
- Casting
- Paints
- Digital Modeling
- Autocad Make 1-2-3
- Sketchup http://www.sketchup.com
- 3D printing
Hardware
- DIY hacking - http://www.diyhacking.com
- Hackster - https://www.hackster.io
Examples for Physical and Occupational Therapy
Sources
- Smooth On http://www.smooth-on.com
Healthcare Simulation Makers, Projects, Showcases and Design Challenges
Makers
- Maker Nurse - http://www.makernurse.org
- SimHacks - https://simhacks.atavist.com
- The Sim Tech - http://thesimtech.com
- SIU Surgical Skills Lab - http://www.siumed.edu/surgery/surgical_skills/model_assembly.html
- SimulationTEK - http://simulationtek.com
- University of Utah Simulation Center Instgram https://www.instagram.com/uofusim/
- University of Miami Simulation Center Instagram http://www.instagram.com/umirsimulationcenter
Open Source Projects
- Open Source Medical Record System http://openmrs.org
- SimShare http://www.simshare.org.uk
- SimAccess http://www.simaccess.com
Showcases, Hackathons, and Design Challenges
IMSH 2018 Design Challenge
Woot! There is going to be a design challenge for IMSH 2018. Details will be coming soon....
Simulation Hackathons
- Science Hack Day -
- SimGHOSTS 2017 Hackathon
Spectrum of Ideas (at IMSH and SimOps)
- SimOps 2017
- IMSH 2017
- IMSH 2016
- IMSH 2015
Simulation in Low-Resource Environments
Simulation in Support of Healthcare Service Projects
Presentations
- SSih 2010 Keynote Speaker, Susan Niermeyer, speaking about Helping Babies Breathe project
- EM Sim Cases
Organizations
- Laerdal Global Health - http://www.laerdalglobalhealth.com/ Laerdal Global Health
- Pronto International - http://prontointernational.org/ Pronto International
Trading Post
We would like to develop a way to connect people who have equipment they want to get rid with others that would love to have it. We haven't worked out the mechanism for this trading post, but welcome your ideas.
Other Sources of Free/Libre/Open Source Ideas
- Free Open Access Meducation (FOAM) - http://foameducation.org/
- AAMC MedEdPortal - https://www.mededportal.org/
- Open Med Ed - https://sites.google.com/site/openmeded/home/about
- Books
Become Involved!
We use the the same software as Wikipedia (MediaWiki) and encourage everyone who works behind the sim curtain to become active members of this community-driven resources.
- To become a contributor, start by creating an account on this site by contacting kam@medsimkam.com
- To learn more about how and why you should get involved, take a look at Leveraging Open Source Collaborative Content for Professional Development and Development of the Profession, a workshop we hope to be offering at IMSH in 2018.
Much of the content on this site was gathered as a part of Behind the Sim Curtain, a website was created by Kam McCowan in 2007 to showcase a collection of tricks of the trade. That content is still available online and is in the process of being moved to Open Source Sim. Behind the Sim Curtain now focuses on the development of the professional and professional development of sim techs and operation specialists.