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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 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

• http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/pulmonar/cxr/atlas/cxratlas_f.htm

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 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

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)

Hacks and Modifications

• Modifications "Mods" for Commercial Equipment

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
  • http://www.prostheticsmagazine.co.uk
  • http://makeupmag.com
  • http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=medical+special+effects
  • Battles with Bits of Rubber http://makeupfx.libsyn.com

Serious Games (Screen and TableTop Simulations)

• Screen-Based Simulations
• Table Top Simulations
• Simulations on Stage

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

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 and Projects

Makers

• SimulationTEK - http://simulationtek.com

Open Source Projects

• Open Source Medical Record System http://openmrs.org
• SimShare http://www.simshare.org.uk
• SimAccess http://www.simaccess.com

README: 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

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

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

• 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

• University of Utah Simulation Center Instgram https://www.instagram.com/uofusim/
• University of Miami Simulation Center Instagram http://www.instagram.com/umirsimulationcenter

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.