Introduction/Background Due to the emphasis on interprofessional learning, our hospitals launched an Interprofessional Simulation Program in 2011. The complexity of medical care, in addition to the inherent limitations of human performance, make it important for clinicians to use standardized communication tools, create an environment in which individuals can speak up and express concerns and share common language to alert team members of unsafe situations. Simulation is an ideal methodology for teaching and promoting these behaviors. Although we had many years of experience with nursing simulation, interprofessional simulation was new territory for us. We now had to consider issues such as recruitment and training of interprofessional faculty, recruitment of MD participants, coordinating schedules of interprofessional teams and funding. Several challenges arose during the process and there were very few non academic hospitals to serve as mentors for us along the way. This presentation will outline how to design, implement and sustain an interprofessional community hospital based simulation program. This is significant because it serves as a program template that can be replicated at other institutions as they launch interprofessional simulation. Methods Methods were as follows: 1)Create a shared need for interprofessional simulation; 2) Secure funding; 3) Identify and train MD/RN faculty; 4) Write interprofessional scenarios; 5) Hold interprofessional simulation sessions; 5) Create a plan for ongoing simulation faculty development; 6) Replicate the program in other departments. Results: Conclusion It was found that: 1) Program participants highly satisfied with interprofessional simulation; 2) Qualitative data that interprofessional simulation has improved teamwork and patient outcomes; 3) Commitment from administration to continue interprofessional simulation; 4) Plans to expand interprofessional simulation to other hospitals within our system. Disclosures None.