Clinical skills laboratories have been established in medical institutions as facilities for simulation-based medical education (SBME). SBME is believed to be superior to the traditional style of medical education from the viewpoint of the active and adult learning theories. SBME can provide a learning cycle of debriefing and feedback for learners as well as evaluation of procedures and compete...

AIM This paper is a report of a review of the quantitative evidence for medium to high fidelity simulation using manikins in nursing, in comparison to other educational strategies. BACKGROUND Human simulation is an educational process that can replicate clinical practices in a safe environment. Although endorsed in nursing curricula, its effectiveness is largely unknown. REVIEW METHODS A sy...

BACKGROUND Simulation-based training provides a low-stress learning environment where real-life emergencies can be practiced. Simulation can improve surgical education and patient care in crisis situations through a team approach emphasizing interpersonal and communication skills. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the effects of simulation-based training in the context of trauma resuscitation in ...

Clinical skill is an essential part of clinical medicine and plays quite an important role in bridging medicos and physicians. Due to the realities in China, traditional medical education is facing many challenges. There are few opportunities for students to practice their clinical skills and their dexterities are generally at a low level. Medical simulation-based education is a new teaching mo...

Anesthesia has changed rapidly in the last 50 years, but medical training has not kept up with its current needs. Clinical decision making frequently involves elderly patients with severe diseases who undergo a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. These are performed by an interprofessional workforce in a complex, and constantly dynamic system. Furthermore, managers are demandin...

Elaine C. Meyer, PhD, RN Summary Statement: The use of deceptive methodology in simulation education is an emerging ethical controversy. At the 2014 International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, arguments for and against its use were debated by simulation experts. What emerged from this discussion was an apparent disconnect between current practice and existing empiric research on this sub...

Introduction: Simulation is a version of some real tools or work situations that tries to exhibit some behavioral features of an abstract or physical system through behavior of another system. The main purpose of application of simulation in health care is preparing students to confront with clinical situations which can increase patients’ safety, decrease errors and refine nurses’ clinical jud...

Introduction: Simulation is a version of some real tools or work situations that tries to exhibit some behavioral features of an abstract or physical system through behavior of another system. The main purpose of application of simulation in health care is preparing students to confront with clinical situations which can increase patients’ safety, decrease errors and refine nurses’ clinical jud...

Simulation-based medical education is growing in use and popularity in various settings and specialties. A literature review yields scant information about the use of simulation-based medical education in neurology, however. The specialty of neurology presents an interesting challenge to the field of simulation-based medical education because of the inability of even the most advanced mannequin...