Build Procedural Training Modules
SELF is a global community of practice working to bring on-demand, simulation-based training directly to clinicians. SELF training modules empower clinicians to independently learn procedural skills — anytime and anywhere. Let’s transform the future of procedural training, together.
SELF training modules are designed to teach specific procedural psychomotor skills through simulation-based training. Each module focuses on the physical and decision-making skills required for a particular procedure, along with the essential knowledge needed to put those skills into clinical practice safely and confidently.
Why Build a SELF Module?
Becoming a SELF developer means turning your clinical experience into a practical, step-by-step training tool that others can use to build real skills. With your involvement, you will:
Make a Global Impact: Your work can directly improve patient outcomes by empowering clinicians and practitioners around the world with the skills they need to deliver high-quality care.
Design for Real-World Practice: SELF modules are grounded in real clinical scenarios and tailored for environments with limited resources, enabling equitable and scalable procedural skills training.
Collaborate with Purpose: Each module is built by a small interdisciplinary team (typically a clinician, educator, and simulation specialist), supported by the SELF community’s tools and frameworks.
Innovate on Your Terms: Whether you're adapting a commonly taught skill or documenting a neglected one, the SELF Developer Playbook gives you a step-by-step path to transform your expertise into a teaching module.
What Does Development Involve?
As a developer, you’ll:
Define the procedure and the target learner: Identify the exact skill your module will teach and who it’s for, including their clinical background and practice environment.
Break down tasks and skills into teachable steps: Deconstruct the skill into a logical sequence of psychomotor actions and decisions that can be taught and assessed.
Design low-cost physical simulators and feedback methods: Specify how the skill can be practiced independently using affordable, locally available materials.
Build assessments and clinical scenarios to guide learning: Outline the essential knowledge that supports clinical decision-making and create simple assessments to help learners track their own progress.
Create openly shareable training materials using SELF templates: Help learners build judgment by walking through real-world situations that reflect when, why, and how to apply the skill.
Developer Toolbox
Training module developers are never alone. They have access to a diverse set of resources for creating their training modules including a comprehensive library of guides and digital tools.
ENTRUST Platform
A digital tool for creating case scenarios in SELF modules.
The tool is designed to facilitate authoring and deployment of surgical case scenarios to assess surgical decision-making competence in resource-constrained settings.
Mentorship Program
Get guidance and technical support from experienced surgical simulation experts to work through challenges.
The mentorship program is a collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Peer Review
A video-based tool that allows practitioners to share their progress with other learners, and receive formative, structured feedback.
SELF training module called ALL-SAFE developed both a video and AI-powered method for self-administered skills assessment.
Explore Our Example Simulation-Based Training Modules
Tibial Fracture Fixation
Hemorrhage Control Techniques
Laparoscopic Surgical Skills
Z-Plasty Local Flap
Join the Movement to Revolutionize Surgical Education & Training
SELF community of practice offers financial and technical support for the adaptation and expansion of existing clinical skill training content so that it is publicly available and free-to-use.
Developing a training module can be challenging but you can receive support from the SELF community to guide you through the process. Connect with other developers, attend monthly meetups, and get support.
“Our training module combines a virtual reality mobile app with an easy to build, low cost simulator. Together these two tools teach both when different hemorrhage control techniques should be used and how to properly execute them”
Dr. Favio Reyna. Simulator Leader, CrashSavers VR