Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS)
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Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) is a company founded by clinicians that provides VR and screen-based clinical simulations combined with AI, analytics and implementation services for healthcare education programs and health systems.
| Website | https://oxfordmedicalsimulation.com/ |
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| Headquarters | Oxford Medical Simulation lists its U.S. company in Somerville, Massachusetts, and its UK company's registered office in London, England. |
| Founded | Oxford Medical Simulation Limited was incorporated in England and Wales on 27 January 2017. |
| Ownership | Not published. |
| In this guide | Healthcare communication; Clinical and nursing simulation |
This profile uses the same fields and length limits as every other provider in the guide, drawn from Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS)’s own materials and public records.
Healthcare communication
Products named: OMS; OMS Create
| What they offer | OMS offers VR and screen-based clinical simulations that include AI-driven patient and team conversations, patient-experience scenarios focused on difficult conversations and de-escalation, and team practice on SBAR and handover. |
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| Who they serve | OMS serves nursing, medical, physician assistant and allied health programs, and health systems for onboarding, quality and safety, risk and compliance, and graduate medical education. |
| How it is delivered | OMS runs on VR headsets or standard computer screens, on Mac and Windows, for remote, hybrid or on-site training without scheduling or a facilitator. VR headset: yes; Desktop or browser: yes; Mobile: not published; Offline: not published |
| Assessment and analytics | OMS says every learner action is ranked, tracked and explained against mapped skills, with instant feedback and debriefs, and dashboards at individual, cohort and site level. |
| AI features | OMS describes AI-powered patient and team interactions for communication practice and AI-driven scenarios that run without facilitator input; OMS Create lets teams build and adapt scenarios. |
| Notable customers and programs | OMS describes a CU Anschutz College of Nursing program with UC Health using OMS scenarios on nurse communication and workplace violence for 800+ nursing students a semester. USAspending lists 2024 and 2026 VA purchases from OMS that do not state training topics. |
| How to buy | OMS offers demos on request, and VA facilities have bought it through local purchase orders. U.S. government contract vehicles are not published. |
Clinical and nursing simulation
Products named: OMS; OMS Create
| What they offer | OMS offers VR and screen-based clinical scenarios for clinical reasoning and decision making, prioritization across single patients or full caseloads, multi-learner team scenarios, and procedural skills with hand control and haptic feedback; OMS Create adapts or builds scenarios. |
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| Who they serve | OMS serves nursing, medical, physician assistant and allied health programs, and health systems for onboarding, quality and safety, risk and compliance, and graduate medical education. |
| How it is delivered | OMS runs on VR headsets or standard computer screens, on Mac and Windows, for remote, hybrid or on-site training without scheduling or a facilitator. VR headset: yes; Desktop or browser: yes; Mobile: not published; Offline: not published |
| Assessment and analytics | OMS says every learner action is objectively ranked, tracked and explained, with instant feedback, integrated scenario debriefs and standardized assessment across all learners. |
| AI features | OMS describes AI-driven scenarios that run without facilitator input and AI-powered patient and team interactions for communication practice. |
| Notable customers and programs | OMS's case study says the University of Lincoln ran second-year nursing OSCE assessments in OMS VR. USAspending lists 2024 and 2026 VA purchases from OMS, the 2026 one described as VR simulation training. |
| How to buy | OMS's site directs buyers to talk with its team. USAspending lists purchase orders from individual VA medical centers. U.S. government contract vehicles are not published. |
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Sources
- Company - Oxford Medical Simulation. Oxford Medical Simulation. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Home - Oxford Medical Simulation. Oxford Medical Simulation. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- OXFORD MEDICAL SIMULATION LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK. Companies House (UK government). Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Platform - Oxford Medical Simulation. Oxford Medical Simulation. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Quality & Safety - Oxford Medical Simulation. Oxford Medical Simulation. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Patient Experience Communication - Oxford Medical Simulation. Oxford Medical Simulation, August 3, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026.
- USAspending.gov award summary: contract 36C25024P1047. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury). Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- USAspending.gov award summary: contract 36C26226P1727. USAspending.gov (U.S. Department of the Treasury). Retrieved October 21, 2026.
- Saving time, building confidence: Nursing Assessment in VR. Oxford Medical Simulation, December 13, 2025. Retrieved October 22, 2026.