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High-Impact Teaching: Applying Lessons from Simulation Across the Curriculum

December 2, 2026

Designed for nursing faculty who teach across classroom, clinical, and simulation settings, this workshop is an immersive day for educators ready to take evidence-based simulation pedagogy beyond the simulation lab. Grounded in the AACN Essentials and INACSL Standards, participants will explore how purposeful design of the learning environment, professional identity formation, and competency-based assessment work together to support clinical judgment and practice readiness.

Across the day, participants will design learning experiences, cultivate environments for experiential learning, and explore how assessment - structured as repeated cycles of observation - supports rigorous evaluation and evidence-informed decisions about learner competence and progression.

Participants will leave with practical, evidence-based strategies for designing, assessing, and scaffolding learning across the curriculum.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Apply evidence-based simulation pedagogy principles to teaching across classroom, clinical, and simulation contexts.
  • Design learning environments that cultivate psychological safety, engagement, and conditions for experiential learning.
  • Use narrative, reflection, debriefing, and coaching conversations to support professional nurse identity formation.
  • Design authentic, competency-based learning experiences and assess learner clinical judgment, competence, and practice readiness.
  • Scaffold learning and assessment across the curriculum using a coherent, integrated framework aligned to desired outcomes.

Conference Venue

JW Marriott Indianapolis
10 S West Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

See Hotel & Travel page for details.

Agenda

More details coming soon.

Speakers

  • Carol F. Durham, EdD, MSN, RN, ANEF, FAAN, FSSH

    Professor Emerita
    Chapel Hill School of Nursing
    University of North Carolina

  • Mary Fey, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

    Associate Director, Applied Learning for Performance and Safety
    Harvard Center for Medical Simulation

  • Marie Gilbert, DNP, RN, CHSE-A, FSSH

    Director
    Central California Center for Excellence in Nursing
    California State University, Fresno

  • Kate J Morse, PhD, CHSE-A, FAAN

    Assistant Dean, Simulation and Innovation
    Clinical Professor of Nursing
    Drexel University

  • Penni I. Watts, PhD, RN, CHSE-A, FNAP, ANEF, FSSH, FAAN

    Professor, Associate Dean for Technology & Innovation
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Pre-Conference Experience

Simulation Workshop

Created for faculty teaching across classroom, clinical, and simulation environments to share strategies and shape the future of simulation-based education.

Register for FLN

 

Registration Fees

Simulation Workshop Early Ends Nov. 3 Standard Starts Nov. 4
AACN Members $299 $399
AACN Non-Members $399 $499
Students $249 $299

 

  • You may substitute your registration to another individual within your organization. This must be done by contacting the AACN Conference Department via email at conferences@aacnnursing.org
  • If a substitution is not possible, you can cancel your attendance up until November 19, 2026 to obtain a refund minus a $90 non-refundable administrative fee.
  • No refunds will be given after November 19, 2026 nor will refunds be given for no-shows.
  • Your cancellation request must be submitted in writing to conferences@aacnnursing.org and confirmed by AACN.

Please note: AACN will issue refunds within a 2-week time period of receipt of written cancellation notice.

Event Cancellation by AACN

AACN reserves the right to modify, postpone/reschedule or cancel this conference and any related group activity for any circumstance beyond AACN's control, including but not limited to emergency, acts of God, government regulations, disaster, strike, and non-fulfilment of minimum group requirements. If AACN cancels an event, every attempt will be made to reschedule or provide a modified virtual offering, and registration fees will be applied to the rescheduled/virtual event. If a cancelled event cannot be rescheduled, AACN will issue a full refund of the registration fee(s). Any travel, lodging, or incidental expenses incurred related to a cancelled/postponed event cannot be refunded under any circumstances as AACN resumes no responsibility for such expenses.

For questions, contact the AACN Conference Team today!

Phone: 202-463-6930    |     Email: conferences@aacnnursing.org     |    Website: www.aacnnursing.org/conferences