Background There has been a shift from the initial learning of skills on patients in the clinical
setting to initial learning in a simulated environment, using part‐task models, with the risk of …

Simulation has come of age. Decades of debate about whether or not simulation 'works'
have changed into discussions about how to embed and implement it. An initial …

In this article, the authors consider the role of the patient in simulation-based training and
assessment of clinical procedural skills. In recent years, there has been a progressive shift of …

Background Adequate clinical skills training is a challenge for present day medical
education. Simulation Based Education (SBE) is playing an increasingly important role in …

For many healthcare profes-sionals, the term 'clinical skills' conjures up images of a lab full
of students, all sticking needles into disembodied plastic arms. In this paper we set out an …

Background A complex chain of events underpins every clinical intervention, especially
those involving invasive procedures. Safety requires high levels of awareness and vigilance …

Purpose Research suggests that medical students in the UK report a need to be better
prepared for the non-technical skills required for the role of a junior doctor. A Simulated …

Three studies in the September and December 2012 issues of the Journal of Graduate
Medical Education highlight how simulation in various forms can be used to provide highly …

Simulation-based procedure training is now integrated within health professions education
with literature demonstrating increased performance and translational patient-level …

Simulation in clinical learning is becoming increasingly commonplace. The use of simulation
spans both the undergraduate and postgraduate domains and has come about as a result of …