The HEC had a record number (6) of abstracts accepted to the Society for Simulation in Healthcare’s International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2026):
- Immersive Futures: Where XR Meets the Next Generation of Health Education. Bruce Adcock, M. Ed., RRT-NPS, CHSE, FNAP, Richard Briley, M.Ed., CHSE, Katie Branch, PhD, MSN, RN, FNAP, CHSE, Kelly Grace, PhD
- Eye of the Storm: AI-Augmented Virtual Reality Simulation for Evaluating Interprofessional Education in Health-related Professions. Bruce Adcock, M. Ed., RRT-NPS, CHSE, FNAP, Richard Briley, M.Ed., CHSE, Katie Branch, PhD, MSN, RN, FNAP, CHSE, Kelly Grace, PhD, Sara M. Dann, Ph.D., Jacob Moses, PhD, Ashlesha Parikh, Ed.D.
- From Curiosity to Advancing the Field: A Mentorship Model for Novice Simulation Researchers. Kelly Grace, PhD, Katie Branch, PhD, MSN, RN, FNAP, CHSE
- Keeping It Real: The Role of Standardized Patient Factors in Realism and Psychological Safety in Breaking Bad News and Sensitive Topics. Amanda Carey, MBA, Erin King, MS, CHSE, Kelly Grace, PhD
- Visualizing Learning with Simulation Data: Creating Interactive Learning Data Dashboards in Excel. Kelly Grace, PhD, Katie Branch, PhD, MSN, RN, FNAP, CHSE
- The Accuracy of AI Scoring of Student Interview Skills in a Standardized Patient Simulation with a Year-one School of Medicine Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Richard Briley, M.Ed., CHSE, Kelly Grace, PhD, Bruce Adcock, M. Ed., RRT-NPS, CHSE, FNAP, Erin King, MS, CHSE, Amanda Carey, MBA, Erin McGoff, Darlene Self, Alejandro Villasante-Tezanos
Kelly Grace, PhD, HEC Education Assessment Specialist, has been elected to serve as President of the Texas Evaluation Network.