Lead Author: Keiko Abe, Aichi Medical University Collage of Nursing and Cathy Smith, Baycrest Health Sciences
Submitted by: Holly Gerzina, Northeast Ohio Medical University 

The Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) Standards of Best Practice (SOBP), published in Advances in Simulation in 2017, represents an important milestone in the development of SP methodology and the professionalization of the practices of those who work with SPs. Designed to be used in conjunction with other simulation standards, such as those developed by INACSL, the ASPE SOBP focus on providing principles and practices that help ensure safety and effectiveness related to the work of all human role players involved in simulation. Currently, the SOBP have only been published in English. Although the SOBP are being implemented in many English speaking countries, there is a barrier related to putting the ASPE SOBP into practice in countries where English is not the first language. As ASPE’s mission is global the ASPE International Committee has initiated the translation of these standards into other languages. The Japanese version is available now on ASPE’s website. This initiative represents the first of many translations of ASPE SOBP into other languages to ensure that simulation practitioners around the world can benefit from using these standards.

Submitted by: Todd Lash, Publications Committee Chair

The ASPE Standards of Best Practice (SOBP) received a special contribution award for advancing SP methodologies in China. The award came from the China SP Practice Teaching Guidance Committee (CSPC) and the China International Association for Promotion of Science and Technology (CIAPST).

General Interest: The word is out! ASPE Standards of Best Practice publication receives praise from Advances in Simulation Journal
By: Valerie Fulmer, ASPE President

Many of you know of our recent Standards of Best Practice (SOBP) publication in the international journal Advances in Simulation. These standards establish a baseline for best practice in SP methodology essential to this new field and all programs working with SPs. A living document, the SOBP will continue to blossom and grow to serve this community of SP educators and others around the world.

Podcast: ASPE Standards of Best Practice
By: Karen Lewis and Carrie Bohnert
Advances in Simulation invited authors Karen Lewis and Carrie Bohnert to participate in a podcast about the ASPE Standards of Best Practice. ASPE members can listen to the podcast here.

Publications Committee Mission:“To bring high quality reporting of current research, trends, techniques and information regarding SP methodology and other relevant industry articles to the attention of the membership through the web-based ASPE eNews blog.”

The ASPE Standards of Practice are Live!
By: Karen Lewis, Standards of Practice Committee Chair

If you attended the ASPE Annual Conference, you know there was a lot of excitement about the announcement that the ASPE Standards of Best Practice (SOBP) were about to be published. The Standards of Practice Committee is thrilled to announce that the standards are now live at the Advances in Simulation website. You can read them here.

Standards of Best Practice Laid Out for Patient-based Simulation
By: Carrie Bohnert

BioMed Central published a blog post by Carrie Bohnert about the publication of the ASPE Standards of Best Practice in Advances in Simulation. Carrie, the director of the Standardized Patient Program at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, is the Vice President for Operations on the ASPE Board of Directors as well as one of the authors on the publication. The blog entry, published on June 28, 2017, was the most-read entry on BioMed Central in the first week of July. The full entry can be read here.