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Advanced Simulation Unit

Learning from life before it happens.

The essence of SJD Simulation

The three ingredients that explain us.

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Logo Immersive Design Systems del Boston Children’s Hospital

The Clinical Simulation Unit at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital Immersive Design Systems.

Our goal is to drive change in individuals, teams and organisations by integrating simulation into everyday life.

We offer four lines of service based on the Boston Children's Hospital Immersive Design Systems model: SimTrain, SimTest, SimEngineer, and SimNetwork, designed to meet different needs and challenges.

Un equipo de médicos y enfermeras del Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona se forman mediante simulación clínica

SIMTrain: Learning for individuals and teams.

We help people design the professional they want to be, offering reflective experiences focused on growing technical and relational competencies. We accelerate the advancement of work teams to help them become more effective, developing psychological safety, responsibility and curiosity.

SIMTest: Designing the best work systems.

We use clinical simulation as a tool for the design and analysis of spaces, processes and care equipment in order to maximise clinical safety and enhance the experience of patients, families and professionals. It is simulation designed to bring work-as-imagined and work-as-prescribed closer to work-as-done.

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Carlos Aláez, técnico de Simulación Clínica del Hospital SAnt Joan de Déu prepara un modelo realista para una simulación

SIMEngineer: Engineering realism to create immersive experiences.

The fidelity of a simulation scenario depends on physical, conceptual and emotional details. Our unit's technical professionals combine technology, art, and methodology to create anatomical simulation models in response to specific project needs.

SIMNetwork: Strategies to promote simulation in other organisations.

We train professionals from any discipline as simulation facilitators using methodologies co-created with simulation professionals at Boston Children's Hospital. We offer support projects to other institutions to promote simulation as a training and care tool.

José Quintillá, jefe de la Unidad Clínica del Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, da instrucciones en un escenario de simulación clínica

Our methodology

We address every key simulation detail to ensure effective, safe and transformative learning, which enhances both technical skills and analysis of human factors.

High-impact training

We train professionals using advanced simulations to address real-world challenges and improve care outcomes.

2.000

trainees per year

181

annual training activities

+300

simulation instructors trained since 2014

29

SIM tests since 2014

17

Hospital services implementing simulation

43

simulator models since 2013

*2022 Data

Our team

All our facilitators are accredited by the Boston Children's Hospital - Harvard Medical School Simulation Program.

José María Quintillá Martínez
Head of the Clinical Simulation Unit
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
Gemma Claret Teruel
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
David Muñoz Santanach
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
Elisabeth Esteban Torné
Head of the Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Transport Unit
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
Vanessa Sánchez Longares
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Susana Segura Matute
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
Daniel Toro Pérez
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Jordi Clotet Caba
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
Alba Pascual Sanmamed
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Roi Campos Rodríguez
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
Aitor López González
Pediatra
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Carlos Aláez
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
Gemma Tejedor Guarque
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona

Tailored training

Discover our training solutions designed to empower your team, led by the experts at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital.

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