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Innovation
Transitioning medical students are anxious about their readiness-for-internship, as are their residency program directors and teaching hospital leadership responsible for care quality and patient safety. A rea...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:13
Published on: 14 August 2017
Innovation
In many countries across the world, the majority of prescribing occurs within the community setting. Close collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists is required to ensure effective ther...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:14
Published on: 14 August 2017
Innovation
Non-technical skills are emerging as an important component of postgraduate medical education. Between 2013 and 2016, a new blended training program incorporating non-technical skills was introduced at an Aust...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:12
Published on: 14 August 2017
Innovation
To utilize cumulative evaluation data of the pediatric airway management simulation-based learning course on knowledge and practical skills of residents in the Saudi Commission for Health Speciality (SCFHS) in...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:11
Published on: 1 August 2017
Innovation
In this paper, we define the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) Standards of Best Practice (SOBP) for those working with human role players who interact with learners in a wide range of exper...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:10
Published on: 27 June 2017
Innovation
This article describes the development, implementation, and modification of an institutional process to evaluate and fund graduate medical education simulation curricula. The goals of this activity were to (a)...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:9
Published on: 15 June 2017
Research
This study explores how interprofessional simulation-based education (IPSE) can contribute to a change in students’ understanding of teamwork and professional roles. A series of 1-day training sessions was arr...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:8
Published on: 8 April 2017
Research
Active ‘hands-on’ participation in the ‘hot-seat’ during immersive simulation-based training (SBT) induces stress for participants, which is believed to be necessary to improve performance. We hypothesized tha...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:7
Published on: 20 March 2017
Commentary
Simulation-based research has grown substantially over the past two decades; however, relatively few published simulation studies are multicenter in nature. Multicenter research confers many distinct advantage...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:6
Published on: 28 February 2017
Research
Interruptions are common in the healthcare setting. This experimental study compares the effects of interruptions on simulated performances of central venous catheterization during a highly versus minimally co...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:5
Published on: 14 February 2017
Research
This intervention study aimed to enhance patient safety attitudes through the design of an in situ simulation program based on a needs analysis involving thematic analysis of patient safety data and short-term...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:4
Published on: 8 February 2017
Commentary
Serious games are educational tools which are more and more used in patient and health professional education. In this article, we discuss three main points that developers and educators need to address during...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:3
Published on: 4 February 2017
Research
A scoping review was conducted in order to map and determine the gaps in literature on the impact of simulation as an educational approach to improve mental health care outcomes. As it became apparent that no ...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:2
Published on: 28 January 2017
Research
Sharing simulation-based training (SBT) courses between institutions could reduce time to develop new content but also presents challenges. We evaluate the process of sharing SBT courses across institutions in...
Advances in Simulation 2017 2:1
Published on: 6 January 2017
Research
Administration of blood is a complex process requiring vigilance and effective teamwork. Despite strict policies and training on blood administration, errors still occur and can lead to mistransfusion with adv...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:32
Published on: 8 December 2016
Methodology article
Simulation plays a vital role in health professions assessment. This review provides a primer on assessment validation for educators and education researchers. We focus on simulation-based assessment of health...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:31
Published on: 7 December 2016
Innovation
Non-technical skills (NTS) are an integral part of the abilities healthcare professionals need to optimally care for patients. Integrating NTS into the already complex tasks of healthcare can be a challenge fo...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:30
Published on: 5 December 2016
Commentary
Games have been used for training purposes for many years, but their use remains somewhat underdeveloped and under-theorized in health professional education. This paper considers the basis for using serious g...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:28
Published on: 17 November 2016
Innovation
We submit that interaction patterns within healthcare teams should be more comprehensively explored during debriefings in simulation-based training because of their importance for clinical performance. We desc...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:29
Published on: 15 November 2016
Debate article
Simulation is firmly established as a mainstay of clinical education, and extensive research has demonstrated its value. Current practice uses inanimate simulators (with a range of complexity, sophistication a...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:27
Published on: 29 September 2016
Research
Medical students transitioning into professional practice feel underprepared to deal with the emotional complexities of real-life ethical situations. Simulation-based learning (SBL) may provide a safe environm...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:26
Published on: 8 August 2016
Research
Simulation-based research (SBR) is rapidly expanding but the quality of reporting needs improvement. For a reader to critically assess a study, the elements of the study need to be clearly reported. Our object...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:25
Published on: 25 July 2016
The Editorial to this article has been published in Advances in Simulation 2016 1:24
Editorial
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:24
Published on: 25 July 2016
Innovation
Acquiring the concepts of non-technical skills (NTS) beyond a superficial level is a challenge for healthcare professionals and simulation faculty. Current simulation-based approaches to teach NTS are challeng...
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:23
Published on: 22 July 2016
Editorial
Advances in Simulation 2016 1:22
Published on: 23 June 2016
