This chapter discusses a growing awareness that traditional methods of clinical education
and evaluation in the health professions are becoming obsolete. It presents a new unifying …

Background Although simulated teaching was introduced to China in the 1990s, it remains
underused in nursing education. Determining how Chinese nurse educators feel about …

Purpose: High-fidelity human simulation (HFHS) is implemented in physical therapy (PT)
curricula to prepare students for acute care clinical experiences (CEs). Nursing and medical …

Methods: One hundred ten pharmacists attended 11 simulation-based workshops. Data
were collected using focus groups and self-administered surveys in a mixed-method …

Background The National Clinical Skills Competition has been held in China for 5
consecutive years since 2010 to promote undergraduate education reform and improve the …

Clinical simulation has gained prominence as an educational approach in many Canadian
respiratory therapy programs and is strongly associated with improved learning, clinical and …

Rapid technological advances and concern for patient safety have increased the focus on
simulation as a pedagogical tool for educating health care providers. To date, simulation …

In this issue of Simulation in Healthcare, there are two papers discussing important issues
facing the simulation community at a critical juncture in the development of simulation in …

Background Medical simulation trainings lead to an improvement in patient care by
increasing technical and non-technical skills, procedural confidence and medical …