Why do we use simulation in healthcare?

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  • Improve patient outcome
  • Reflection on outcomes

Education

  • Provides learning opportunities without risk to patients:
    • rehearse and develop skills
    • build competence and confidence in a safe and risk-free environment
  • Replication of actual work experiences
    • Help provide a clear link to the real world through replication of actual events
    • Learners develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for effective management
    • Practice low frequency high risk
  • Assessment of technical and non-technical skills
    • Effective means of assessing technical skills e.g. IVC insertion, intubation etc.
    • Non- technical such as communication, leadership and teamwork
  • Team training
    • Different disciplines working together for the patients well being
    • Enhancement of critical teamwork such as communication, leadership, situation awareness, managing workloads and resources.
  • Testing new equipment and technologies
    • Test medical technologies and new equipment in a safe environment
    • Train clinicians in their use
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Simulation-based research

  • Evaluate, develop and validate new clinical procedures, devices, systems and assessments under a range of conditions
  • Evaluate the efficacy of simulation based training methods or programs

Health system integration in facilitating patient safety

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