Developing Hospital Administrators with the Canadian Hospital Executive Simulation System Available to Purchase

This article describes the Canadian Hospital Executive Simulation System (CHESS), which has been developed by two of the authors, Knotts and Parrish, in co‐operation with the Canadian College of Health Service Executives; the key features of CHESS are then outlined. The article also describes the use of CHESS in Executive Development Programmes conducted for healthcare executives by the Canadian College of Health Service Executives.