Our Healthcare Simulation Book library is growing once again Sim Champs! Here we explore the 3 latest works supporting clinical simulation with Mastery Learning, Mobile Medical Simulation program development, and Virtual Reality implications for patient healing. We also threw in a bonus must have recently published book on Operations — all should be considered “must [...]

Considering how to apply the INACSL Standards for Best Practice for Simulation Design, Operation and Facilitation, or the ASPE Standards of Best Practice? This Education Management Solutions supported online eight-week web-based course entitled “Enhancing simulation-based education with Standardized Patients / human role players” is developed and presented by subject matter experts Tony Errichetti, PhD, and [...]

Defining interprofessional education (IPE) and distinguishing the term from multidisciplinary education is challenging since so many different definitions for both terms are found in the literature. However, the distinction is important when it comes to healthcare simulation — maybe so much so that we might even need a new term! Here guest author Dr. Kim Baily [...]

In the past, the goals of outcomes of healthcare simulation focused simply on clinical skills or knowledge acquisition. More recently, some of the focus has shifted to teamwork behaviors and communication. Importantly, outcome measurements are available for all of the above domains. However, Clinical Simulation that involves a consideration for institutional culture, relationships between individuals [...]