I have visited dozens of healthcare simulation labs across the US, and to be honest, the Simulation Users who understand the true power behind Simulation are few and far between. Even some of the labs that have all the latest equipment, well- trained facilitators and support staff, and the biggest centers in the World are [...]
Until the summer of 2008, the nursing department at El Camino had literally a closet full of expensive simulation equipment but no clearly defined simulation program. Faculty complained that it took too much time and effort to drag the equipment into the lab and set it all up. Anyway, why use the manikin to teach [...]