Programme

The S3 Conference 2025 will be held over 5 days in Academia, Singapore from 3 to 7 November, presenting delegates with a wide array of simulation topics geared at transforming the learning of healthcare professionals. Pre-conference workshops will commence from 3 to 4 November, and the main conference from 5 to 7 November. 

Keynote Lecture

Integrating Educational Simulation into Quality Improvement Systems
Speaker: Dr Benjamin Brian Symon

Plenary Lectures

Integrating Simulation; Future Proofing Practice
Speaker: Prof Fatimah Lateef

The Global Consensus Statement on Simulation-based Practice
Speakers: Prof Cristina Diaz-Navarro and Assoc Prof Kirsty Freeman

The Past, Present, and Future of VR/AR/XR in Healthcare
Speaker: Mr Ferooz Sekandarpoor

Expert Panel

AI Panel Discussion: Leveraging Simulation in Healthcare and Education

Speakers: Prof Fernando Bello, Mr Ferooz Sekandarpoor,  Dr Pavitra Krishnaswamy, Assoc Prof Benjamin Leong and Assoc Prof Liu Nan

Parallel Sessions

Our parallel sessions focus on these key areas :

Curriculum Design and Development

• Mission NOT Impossible: Getting In-Situ Simulation Going
• How to Teach Procedural Skills?
• Are My Skills Good Enough? Assessment of Procedural Skills
• Designing Escape Games for Medical Simulation: A Step-by-Step Interactive Workshop

Faculty Development and Debriefing

• Advanced Debriefing Workshop
• Psychological First Aid in Group Debriefing and Trauma Informed Practice
• Psychological Safety in Action: An Experiential Workshop
• How Faculty Deliver IPE Simulation Activities
• Don't Waste a Good Mistake: Learning from Our Mistakes as Facilitators
• Clinical Debriefing: TALK© User Course
• Facilitator Feedback and Development: The SShADoW Model
• Observe. Pause. Reflect. Repeat - Shaping Social and Cognitive Skills with Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice
• R.E.A.L. talk: Reflective Events And Learning Across Professions with Clinical Debriefing
• Faculty Development through Peer Coaching
• Terrifying Learners in Simulation?  Intervention:  Debriefing Tools are the Answer…But Which Ones and Why?

Patient Safety / Quality Improvement

• Simulating Human Factors Issues to Understand Human Limitations
• Simulation-Based Patient Education: Transforming the Way We Empower Patients and Families
• Creating a Sustainable Quality Improvement (QI) Program - Lessons Learned Through Filming and Debriefing Real Neonatal Resuscitations

Simulation Management and Technical Operations

• Ethical Challenges in Simulation Based Education (SBE)
• Quality Assurance in Simulation
• Money Isn't Everything but Everything Needs Money: Some Financial Aspects of Simulation
• Medical Emergency Response in SingHealth Polyclinics: The ‘Code Team’
• High-Performance CPR: Mastering Team Dynamics in Code Blue Situations
• Moulage Masterclass: Lifelike Medical Effects
• Sim Centre Sustainability: Building a Business Plan that Works
• Sustainable Simulation: Merging Innovation and Cost-Effectiveness
• Navigating Free/Low-Cost Resources for the Novice Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialist
• A Guide to Simulation Operations
• Building a Successful Simulation Center: Integrating Space and Program Development

Simulation Research

• Flight Simulator to Cockpit - Evidencing Skill Transference in Healthcare Simulations
• Designing and Supporting Research: How Can Healthcare Simulation Technology Specialists Help? 

Technology and Innovation

• The use of 3D printing in Simulation - High Acuity, Low Occurrence Emergency Simulators from DIY methods to 3D printing
• Using ChatGPT for Simulation
• Creating Low Cost Moulage and Simulators
• Transforming Physical Rehabilitation Through Artificial Intelligence
• Escape to Education: Building a Medical Escape Room for Healthcare Professionals
• Speak Up! Harnessing AI-Generated Vocals in Healthcare Simulation
• Prompt, Design, Simulate: The AI Way to Develop Simulation Scenarios
• Routine and Preventative Maintenance: Perform System Checks, Upgrades and Repairs for Most Major Brand Manikins
• The Future of Hybrid Simulations: Empowering SP Educators through AI-Driven Avatars for Scalable Training Solutions
• AI in Daily Work and Life: Practical Uses, Privacy, and Ethics

Stay tuned for more updates!