HealthCare Education
Akain Dissanayaka
What is simulation?
Lower Cost
qComputerized Case Scenarios
qProgrammed Patient Training
qSurgical “Box” Trainer
qMannequin based Simulation— SimMan™ (Laerdal) or
METI HPS (SimMan3G, SimBaby)
qAnesthesia OR Simulations
qVR Surgical Simulations—
Higher Cost
qMIST-VR, ES3, GI Mentor, etc
qHigh-Fidelity Endovascular Simulators
qFlight Simulators for Airline Industry
THE MULTIPLE GOALS OF THE
SIMULATION TRAINING INCLUDE
§DeVita, M. A., Schaefer, J. L,. Wang, H. & Dongilli, T. (2005)
Improving medical emergency team (MET) performance using
a novel curriculum and a computerized human patient
simulator. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 14, 326-331
§Ker, J., Mole, L. & Bradley, P. (2003) Early introduction to inter-
professional learning: a simulated ward environment. Medical
Education, 37, 248-255
§Shapiro, M. J., Morey, J. C., Small, S. D., Langford, C. J.
Kaylor, C. J., Jagminas, l., Suner, S., Salisbury, L., Simon, R. &
Jay, G. D. (2004) Simulation based teamwork training for
emergency department staff: does it improve clinical team
performance when added to an existing didactic teamwork
curriculum? Quality and Safety in Health Care, 13, 417-421
Thank you !