Thrust into a pandemic unlike any other, health professionals today must continually adapt to an ever-changing environment.

Protocols change at dizzying rates, while the physical and mental demands of our jobs increase exponentially.

Both nursing and physician education has been interrupted and altered in ways that leave concerns about the quality of instruction.

To help health professionals with continued education and applied skills, we turned to medical simulation as both a content delivery tool and quality improvement aid at our institution as part of our adaptation to the pandemic.

We aimed to provide high- quality medical education with a hands-on experience for the maximum number of learners while complying with infection control measures during an active pandemic.

To this end, we implemented multi-disciplinary weekly simulation sessions at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

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