AAOMS endorses the following simulation programs as equivalent alternatives to the AAOMS National Simulation Program. Completion of any one of these equivalent courses – or the AAOMS Office-Based Emergency Airway Management (OBEAM) module – satisfies the necessary simulation training to maintain AAOMS membership.
- ADSA High Fidelity Simulation Course
- Oral Surgeons’ Airway Simulation and Medical Emergencies Course by Emergency Medical Consultants
- Ohio Dental Society of Anesthesiology: Advanced Airway and Emergency Airway Management
- Dental Simulation Specialists
- University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Recognition and management of airway problems: a simulation course
Modules: Online and hands-on
Course Director: Allan S. Shaw, DDS
[email protected]
Location: University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pa.
Upcoming Course Dates:
Oct. 14, 2026
Registration: Office-Based Emergency Airway Management (OBEAM) – Penn Dental Medicine - Anesthesia Simulation Training for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASTOMS)
Course Director: Sharon Aronovich, DMD, FACS
Course Coordinator: Marina Zupelari [email protected]
Location: University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich.
https://medschool.umich.edu/departments/surgery/sections/oral-maxillofacial-surgery-hospital-dentistry/education/anesthesia-simulation-training - Basic Airway Skills During Emergencies (BASE) Course
Course Director: Kamal F. Busaidy, DDS, FDSRCS (Eng), FACS
[email protected]
Location: Houston, Texas - Dental Office Anesthesia: Emergency Airway Management
Course Directors: Michael J. Hoffmann, DDS and Sean M. Thoms, DMD, MS
Phone number: 314-862-7844
Location: Dental Anesthesia Center in St. Louis, MO.
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Courses are held at the Dental Anesthesia Center on Fridays or Saturdays by appointment. - HealthPartners Office-Based Emergency Airway Management (OBEAM): A Simulation Course
Contact – HealthPartners Clinical Simulation
[email protected]
They currently have six sessions scheduled for this year, with upcoming offerings on July 28 and December 1. Learners can access the website to sign up for these sessions.
Verification of compliance of successful anesthesia simulation training should be completed through the Office Anesthesia Evaluation (OAE) program.
AAOMS offers its OBEAM didactic curriculum to support non-AAOMS hands-on simulation training programs that lack a didactic instruction component. Programs can recommend that participants purchase the AAOMS-developed material to ensure adherence of the simulation training needed for AAOMS membership.
Note: AAOMS members must complete both didactic instruction and an AAOMS-endorsed hands-on simulation equivalency program to fulfill AAOMS membership. Participants registering for AAOMS’s OBEAM module should not purchase this separate didactic curriculum, as it is already integrated into the AAOMS program.
