Healthcare Management Simulation

Explore Trade-offs and Leadership Challenges in Modern Hospital Operations Management

Simulation Overview

The Healthcare Management Simulation brings strategic decision-making to life as a powerful experiential learning tool where participants, acting as hospital executives, make complex, multi-faceted decisions across patient experience, operations, staffing, and financial management.


Designed for training and development professionals, this simulation provides a rich platform to explore trade-offs and leadership challenges in modern hospital management. Participants will analyze performance data, respond to evolving scenarios, and see the real-time impact of their strategic choices.


Discover how this engaging, data-driven simulation can transform your next leadership or professional development program in healthcare.


Players

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Multiplayer

Single Player


Languages

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English


Simulation Time

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Total Time: 1.5-2.25 hours

Intro 10-15 minutes, Gameplay 1-1.5 hours, Debrief 20-30 minutes


Accessibility

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WCAG 2.0 Compliance


Price

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$165 per person

The Story

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You play the role of a hospital manager over the course of five to eight years. During this time, you are tasked with improving the performance of the hospital, making tough decisions and trade-offs in order to succeed.


Core Competencies

Analysis and Business Acumen

Strategic Decision Making

Systems Thinking

Financial Decision Making

Learning Objectives

Apply core concepts of healthcare management by making strategic, operational, and staffing decisions, and then analyzing their impact on hospital performance.
Understand the trade-offs involved in managing hospital operations — decisions that benefit one area may create challenges in another.
Adapt hospital strategies to changing external conditions, such as regulatory shifts, workforce shortages, technological advances, and public health crises.
Recognize that management decisions have important consequences for patient experience, clinical outcomes, staff engagement, and financial results.

Resources to Power Your Simulation

This simulation comes with a Facilitation Guide along with 1:1 facilitator training and free trial accounts.

Available with this simulation

Facilitation Guide

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Debrief Slides

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Intro Slides

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Student Video

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Free Trial & Demo

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