APSU’s Adrienne Wilk announced as one of 25 people to achieve international simulation operations specialist credential

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Society for Simulation in Healthcare announced On March 30 that Austin Peay State University adjunct Adrienne Wilk, MSN, RN, CHSE, CNE, CHSOS-A, has earned the international Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist-Advanced™ (CHSOS-A™) credential. She joins the ranks of 25 people from four countries who have achieved this distinction. Wilk submitted a portfolio that demonstrated her advanced performance as an operations specialist in the healthcare simulation field. This was peer-reviewed against established standards of performance. The comprehensive CHSOS-A™ credential covers design, delivery, technological and operational simulation principles, as well as leadership and demonstrated impact on the field to meet the needs of healthcare learners at all levels. Wilk is an adjunct faculty at Austin Peay State University’s School of Nursing. She assists Nursing Simulation Coordinator Cindy Meyer in managing the simulation curriculum in the school’s Nursing Simulation Center. More about the Society for Simulation in Healthcare The largest healthcare simulation organization in the world, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) is a 501(c)3 organization with more than 4,900 members from more than 60 countries. SSH’s purpose is to serve a global community of practice enhancing the quality of healthcare. SSH was established in 2004. The mission of SSH is to serve its members by fostering education, professional development, and the advancement of research and innovation; promote the profession of healthcare simulation through standards and ethics; and champion healthcare simulation through advocating sharing, facilitating, and collaborating.

Wilk joins the ranks of 25 people from four countries who have achieved this distinction.

(Posted April 9, 2021)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Society for Simulation in Healthcare announced On March 30 that Austin Peay State University adjunct Adrienne Wilk, MSN, RN, CHSE, CNE, CHSOS-A, has earned the international Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist-Advanced™ (CHSOS-A™) credential.

She joins the ranks of 25 people from four countries who have achieved this distinction.

Wilk submitted a portfolio that demonstrated her advanced performance as an operations specialist in the healthcare simulation field. This was peer-reviewed against established standards of performance.

The comprehensive CHSOS-A™ credential covers design, delivery, technological and operational simulation principles, as well as leadership and demonstrated impact on the field to meet the needs of healthcare learners at all levels.

Wilk is an adjunct faculty at Austin Peay State University’s School of Nursing. She assists Nursing Simulation Coordinator Cindy Meyer in managing the simulation curriculum in the school’s Nursing Simulation Center.

More about the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

The largest healthcare simulation organization in the world, the (SSH) is a 501(c)3 organization with more than 4,900 members from more than 60 countries. SSH’s purpose is to serve a global community of practice enhancing the quality of healthcare. SSH was established in 2004.

The mission of SSH is to serve its members by fostering education, professional development, and the advancement of research and innovation; promote the profession of healthcare simulation through standards and ethics; and champion healthcare simulation through advocating sharing, facilitating, and collaborating.

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