Past Annual Conferences

2023

22nd Annual Conference
Portland, Oregon

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2022

21st Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA

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2021

20th Annual Conference
June 27-30, 2021 Virtual Conference

2020

19th Annual Conference
August 12-14, 2020 Virtual Conference

Plenary Presenters:
John Chenault, MSLIS
Gabriel Reedy, PhD

2019

18th Annual Conference
June 8-11, 2019 Orlando, Florida, USA

Plenary Presenters:
Juan Cendan, MD

Amitai Ziv, MD, MHA
Christine Park, MD

Thank You to our 2019 Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors

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**Thank you to our photographers Natalie Ensminger and Kerensa Peterson

2018

17th Annual Conference
June 17-20, 2018 Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Plenary Presenters:
Jo Brown, 
EdD, MSc, BSc (Hons), PFHEA, NTF
Kim Edward LeBlanc, MD, PhD
David S. Zamierowski, MD, FACS

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2017

16th Annual Conference
June 4-7, 2017 Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Plenary Presenters:
Peter Dieckmann, PhD, Dipl.-Psych.
Sydney Smee, PhD
Karen Lewis, PhD
Joe Lopreiato, MD, MPH, CHSE

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2016

15th Annual Conference
June 26-29, 2016 Tampa, Florida, USA

Plenary Presenters:
Karen Szauter, MD, FACP, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
Elaine Meyer, PhD, RN, Harvard Medical School, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Eduardo Salas, PhD, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

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2015

14th Annual Conference
June 14-17, 2015 Denver, Colorado, USA

Plenary Presenters:
Pamela Andreatta PhD, EdD, MFA, MA, CHSE, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
Anne Marie Madziak, MLIS, South Ontario Library Service, London, Ontario, Canada
Antoine Tesniere, MD, PhD, iLumens- Universit Paris Descartes, Paris, France

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2014

13th Annual Conference
June 22-25, 2014 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Plenary Presenters:
Debra Nestel, PhD, CHSE, Gippsland Medical School, Monash University, Churchill, Australia
Click here to view Dr. Nestel’s presentation slides.

Walter Eppich, MD, MEd, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Click here to view Dr. Eppich's presentation slides.

Jan Joost Rethans, MD, PhD, Maastricht University, Skillslab, Faculty of Health, Maastricht, Netherlands

If you missed seeing the video interview of Stephen Abrahamson and David Gaba at the
ASPE 13th Annual Conference, click here.

2013

12th Annual Conference
June 23-26, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia USA
Georgia Consortium of SP Educators: Emory University, Georgia Regents University Mercer University, Morehouse School of Medicine, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Clinical Skills USA and Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration

2012

11th Annual Conference: Appreciation and Awareness of Current Standardized Patient Methodology
June 3-6, 2012 San Diego, California USA

2011

10th Annual Conference: Upgrading Medical Knowledge of Standardized Patient Educators
June 4-8, 2011 Nashville, Tennessee USA
Hosted by Vanderbilt University

2010

9th Annual Conference: Impacting Global Healthcare through Scholarly Standardized Patient Simulation
June 27-30, 2010 Baltimore, Maryland USA
Hosted by Mid Atlantic Consortium

2009

8th Annual Conference: Impacting Global Healthcare through Scholarly Standardized Patient Simulation
June 29-July 2, 2009 Las Vegas, Nevada USA
Hosted by University of Nevada School of Medicine

2008

7th Annual Conference: Scholarship & Simulation: Progress & Promise
June 29-July 2, 2008 San Antonio, Texas USA
Hosted by University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio

2007

6th Annual Conference: Learning Beyond Borders
June 17-20, 2007 Toronto, Canada
Hosted by the Standardized Patient Program at the University of Toronto

2006

5th Annual Conference: ASPE in Arizona
August 19-23, 2006 Tucson, Arizona USA
Hosted by the University of Arizona College of Medicine

2005

4th Annual Conference: Emerging Opportunities
September 10-14, 2005 Chicago, Illinois USA
Hosted by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

2004

3rd Annual Conference: Professionalism in Practice
September 19-22, 2004 New Orleans, Louisiana USA
Hosted by Tulane University School of Medicine

2003

2nd Annual Conference: Keys to Quality
July 20-23, 2003 Virginia Beach, Virginia USA
Hosted by East Virginia Medical School

2002

Inaugural Conference: Advancing the Practice
July 12, 2002 Ottawa, Canada
Hosted by the University of Toronto