UNIT 1 – Essential Elements of Clinical Simulation

Welcome to Unit 1 on the Essential Elements of Clinical Simulation. This unit will give you a brief insight into the fundamental components and key principles that form the basis of clinical simulation in healthcare education.

In unit 1 you will gain an insight into the history and role of simulation in healthcare education and the social and cognitive skills related to errors and patient safety. To give you a more practical insight, we have also documented a day of a simulation facilitator in a short video.

 

Contents

The contents of this unit will be presented as follows:

Presentations:

  • Cognitive and Social skills (23 min)
  • Role and History of simulation (26 min)

 

Articles:

  1. The Future in Simulation in Health Care (Gaba 2004) (Mandatory) 
  2. Medical teamwork and the evolution of safety science (Neuhaus 2019) (Mandatory) File
  3. A Computer-Controlled Patient Simulator (Denson 1969) (Supplementary) 
  4. 4 Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US (Makary 2016) (Supplementary) 

 

Other videos: 

  • A day in the life of a facilitator (12 min)

 

Bibliography

  1. Gaba DM. The future vision of simulation in health care. Qual Saf Health Care. 2004 Oct;13 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):i2-10. doi: 10.1136/qhc.13.suppl_1.i2. PMID: 15465951; PMCID: PMC1765792.

 

  1. Neuhaus, C., Lutnæs, D.E. & Bergström, J. Medical teamwork and the evolution of safety science: a critical review. Cogn Tech Work 22, 13–27 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-019-00545-8

 

  1. Denson JS, Abrahamson S. A computer-controlled patient simulator. JAMA. 1969 Apr 21;208(3):504-8. PMID: 5818529.

 

  1. Makary MA, Daniel M. Medical error-the third leading cause of death in the US. BMJ. 2016 May 3;353:i2139. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2139. PMID: 27143499.

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