Table 1 Characteristics of Latin American simulation centers

Center square meters

143

8

4307

425.9

598.5

Number of participants (count the people who participate in each sesion and if someone participates in more than one can count it twice or more. Calculate based on the last full year)

96

6

60000

3116.7

8171.1

Number of hours per participant (1 h per participant= 1 h class x 1 participant. If a class lasts 4 h and had 10 participants, that is 40 h per participant. Calculate based on the last full year)

69

2

3672227

59,711.4

441,908.7

Number of activities (each activity refers to the same block of hours during a day, where a group of participants performed the same activity. Calculate based on the last full year)

73

2

4300

413.6

898.2

Number of hours of room use (multiply the number of rooms by the class time. If there are four rooms used for 4 h of class time, calculate 16 h of room use. Calculate based on the last full year)

71

2

74574

2912.9

9364.3

Director’s age

149

23

75

43.3

13.1

Number of programmatic orientations

149

1

8

4.7

1.7