Award Nominations

International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning

Academic Excellence Award
The award is presented to an INACSL member who demonstrates advancing academic excellence in the field of healthcare simulation and clinical laboratories. Selection Criteria:

• Employs Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice^TM in teaching and learning.
  • Demonstrates flexibility, creativity, enthusiasm for, and innovation in simulation instructional design and delivery.
  • Demonstrates a sustained record of teaching excellence in academic or other educational professional practice settings.
  • Practices teaching excellence through the use of evidence-based and evidence- informed planning, delivery, and evaluation of simulation-based learning endeavors.
• Embodies the professional values of a healthcare professional and educator and is held in high regard by students and colleagues.
  • Engages in knowledge translation, including the dissemination of simulation-based education through peer-reviewed publication, conference presentations, poster presentations, and other modes of dissemination.
  • Delivers educational offerings that are validated by evidence of positive outcomes for students, educators and peers.

Best Practice Innovator Excellence Award
This award honors a member of INACSL in the academic or the practice setting that goes above and beyond the ordinary, to demonstrate extraordinary commitment and the use of innovative approaches to the expansion, promotion, dissemination, and/or utilization of the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice^TM. This individual demonstrates outstanding accomplishments in some or all of the following areas:

• Demonstrates leadership and advocacy for the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice^TM by:
  • Collaborating and networking with simulation groups (intra/interdisciplinary) at the local, regional, national, or international level
  • Fostering an understanding of the need for Standards of Best Practice with stakeholder groups through contributions at civic, legislative, or professional association levels
• Advances the continued evolution and/or interpretation of the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice^TM by:
  • Interpreting Standards of Best Practice: Professional Development for peers and/or public, reviews, and/or analyzing standards of practice in a variety of settings
  • Advises on Standards of Best Practice
  • Collaborating to develop or update the Simulation Standards
  • Engaging researchers, clinicians, and educators in the utilization of the Simulation Standards
• Expands understanding the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice^TM to increase the quality and quantity of the Standards in healthcare by:
  • Assisting other nurses or healthcare professionals to acquire knowledge of evidence-based Simulation Standards
  • Mentoring others to interpret and apply Simulation Standards
  • Creating materials that promote knowledge translation of Standards of Best Practice
  • Promoting evaluation of various aspects of simulation programs against the healthcare Standards of Best Practice
  • Presenting workshops/seminars on the new Standards related to simulation for stakeholder groups and other disciplines
• Engage in intentional and explicit utilization of the Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice^TM to advance nursing/healthcare practice (e.g. Quality Care Improvement, Person/Family Centered Care/ Patient Safety, Interprofessional Education) through:
  • Application of the Standards of Best Practice to the professional realm that impacts positive outcomes
  • Employing the Standards to improve patient care
  • Implementation of the Standards in a defined area of nursing/healthcare practice

Diversity, Inclusivity, & Equity in Simulation Leadership Excellence Award
This award is given to a visionary and inspiring healthcare leader in the INACSL simulation practice community who is an exemplary role model dedicated to diversity, inclusivity, and/or equity in simulation practices. Selection Criteria:

• Demonstrates impact regarding diversity, inclusivity, and/or equity in healthcare simulation in local, regional, national, or international environments:
  • Fosters environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion.
  • Supports diversity and the culture of inclusion in day-to-day life.
  • Role models inclusivity and equity.
  • Demonstrates outstanding interpersonal skills and cultural humility.
• Participates in the development of nurse leaders by encouraging diversity, inclusivity, and/or equity:
  • Mentors and coaches others to increase awareness of diversity and inclusion in all simulation-based activities.
  • Supports the diverse needs of learners.
  • Facilitates professional socialization to integrate diversity and inclusion.
  • Promotes scholarly endeavors that stimulate and foster the development of cultural humility and cultural competence in others within the simulation practice community.

Frontline Simulation Champion Excellence Award
This award acknowledges a hard-working individual, and/or team who demonstrates exceptional dedication in the day-to-day implementation of simulation, going beyond the ordinary dedication to excellence in the delivery of simulation-based learning in academic, healthcare institution, or community settings. Frontline Champion(s) have a proven track record for excellence through:

• Demonstrating a commitment to excellence to optimize simulation-based activities and produce positive outcomes, for example:
  • Dedication
  • Innovation
  • Creativity
  • Collaboration
• Displaying exceptional contributions toward the successful implementation in the day-to-day delivery of simulation programs, for example:
  • Problem solver
  • Realism
  • Dependability
  • Information technology/digital audio/visual

Research Excellence Award
This award is given to an INACSL member or group of which one individual is an INACSL member, whose endeavors in simulation research has resulted in either the generation of new knowledge or the facilitation of research efforts by others. This research has yielded a significant and unrecognizable benefit to nursing and/or non-nursing simulation communities. Selection Criteria:

Generation of New Knowledge in Simulation

• The research, or program of research conducted by an individual or a group is recognized for its:
  • Seminal or significant work (theory generation)
  • Scientific merit
  • Synthesis of existing research
  • Significant benefit(s) for simulation in nursing/ non-nursing communities
• Dissemination of the research is communicated using multimodal communication approaches to promote and increase accessibility and usability of the findings:
  • Peer reviewed publication(s)
  • Written scholarly works (books/chapters/government publications)
  • Peer-reviewed conference presentations/poster presentations

Facilitating Research in Simulation

• This individual or group facilitates the research efforts of others by:
  • Mentoring others in the process of healthcare simulation research (either the study of simulation itself or using simulation to study another phenomenon)
  • Establishing/chairing research committees
  • Promoting and facilitating applications for research grants
  • Collaborating to offer research conferences/workshops
  • Serving as editor for peer-reviewed journal submissions
  • Serving on advisory/editorial panels of research journals
  • Participating in review of research proposals (local, state, national or global)
  • Supporting the dissemination of others’ research through multimodal communication methods

Service Excellence Award

This award is given to an individual, group, or organization/company that has donated their time, talent, and/or resources to INACSL to advance the field of simulation. Selection Criteria:

• The nominee(s) exemplifies exceptional service resulting in a significant and positive contribution to INACSL in one or more of the following ways:
  • Actively seeks to foster the organization’s goals
  • Demonstrates professional responsibility to INACSL
  • Actively volunteers where there is a need
  • Exhibits outstanding leadership within the organization by serving on committees or ad hoc groups or task forces
  • Enhances existing INACSL programs or services
  • Builds community
• The nominee(s) promotes community within the INACSL organization and throughout the field of simulation locally, nationally, and internationally:
  • Mentors others
  • Promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity
  • Actively promotes the involvement of members in the organization
  • Creates innovative and new projects, products, or member opportunities

Spirit of Simulation Leadership Excellence Award

This award is given to a visionary and inspiring leader in the INACSL simulation practice community who exemplifies the characteristics of a transformational leader. This award is open to those in academia and in the healthcare clinical setting. This individual is one who has a proven track record to:

• Inspire, create and lead a vision for simulation in local, regional, national, or international environments.
  • Recognized as a leader in the simulation practice community and beyond
  • Appointed/elected to national and/or international task forces, commissions, councils, and/or committees
  • Involved in other significant leadership endeavors such as, service in a legislative, professional and/or community capacity
• Participate in the development of leaders and encourage new leadership in simulation.
  • Promotes sense of worth and empowerment in others
  • Demonstrates outstanding interpersonal skills
  • Facilitates professional socialization at all levels within the simulation practice community
• Mentor, guide, and teach others as leaders by creating conditions that foster growth and transformation in others.
  • Nurtures an environment that encourages active listening
  • Establishes a rich, trusting relationship with the mentee
  • Promotes scholarly endeavors that stimulate and foster professional personal growth and leadership development in others within the simulation practice community