Setting the Standard of Excellence and Innovation

• Interact with other multidisciplinary professionals worldwide on the AEI Community to seek support for the delivery of your education and training programs
• Share best practices in the areas of curriculum design, assessment, faculty development, research, and technology with centers at the forefront of simulation-based surgical education and training
• Jointly advance scholarship and educational goals through multi-institutional research studies and collaborative projects

ACS-AEI accreditation is a demonstration of quality and a commitment to patient safety that provides real value.

• Pursue innovative surgical education and training of surgeons, surgical residents, medical students, members of the surgical team, and other healthcare professionals
• Be recognized as a world-class ACS-AEI where learners utilizing your facility will receive high-quality simulation-based surgical education and training
• Enhance your program based on national standards and accreditation requirements
• Benchmark and demonstrate your value using our annual report that highlights data important to simulation programs
• Access cutting edge and contemporary simulation-based surgical education through the annual Surgical Simulation Summit, products, toolkits, webinars, podcasts, articles, and presentations
• Attract and train the next generation of surgical simulation leaders through fellowship program accreditation, available exclusively to AEIs

A national team comprised of surgeons from AEIs and anesthesiologists are calling for more collaboration between simulation and health care quality professionals to improve patient safety and quality of care. This call to action was published in Simulation in Healthcare and the Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety.