The Standardized Patient (SP) methodology has been used in Healthcare Simulation since the 1960s to train medical students and residents in assessing patients in a safe environment. Dr. Howard Barrows, a neurologist, was the first to create the SP to teach residents at the University of Southern California. Due to the practical and ethical difficulties [...]

Healthcare simulation is a dynamic and effective method of experiential learning that can be incorporated into any clinical education program. There is no better teacher than experience and no safer way to gain healthcare experience than through the use of clinical simulation. However, there is a learning curve involved for the clinical educator who is [...]

Healthcare simulation continues to evolve with new technologies and methods that only increase the impact on learning in the clinical setting. Complex healthcare simulations are clinically technical in nature, but the medical simulation scenarios portrayed can be emotional as well. Realistically, including this emotion in healthcare simulation is challenging with a manikin or task trainer. [...]

The practice of clinical simulation within nursing schools plays a vital role in providing experience in critical thinking and communication. The practice can also provide the “new nurse” with a more sound foundation. This HealthySimulation.com article highlights some of the challenges that nursing learners face when entering the field and shares how these two soft [...]