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Medical simulation, or more broadly, healthcare simulation, is a branch of simulation related to education and training in medical fields of various industries. Simulations can be held in the classroom, in situational environments, or in spaces built specifically for simulation practice. [ 1 ]
SPs can also serve as a "confederate" in a simulation to perform the roles of other clinicians within the care team. [4] SPs used for in situ simulation activities may require special training. [5] For teaching future healthcare professionals how to perform intimate examinations, a specially trained simulated patient may be used.
The need for a "uniform mechanism to educate, evaluate, and certify simulation instructors for the health care profession" was recognized by McGaghie et al. in their critical review of simulation-based medical education research. [48] In 2012 the SSH piloted two new certifications to provide recognition to educators in an effort to meet this need.
The term virtual patient is used to describe interactive computer simulations used in health care education [1] to train students on clinical processes such as making diagnoses and therapeutic decisions. [2] Virtual patients attempt to combine modern technologies and game-based learning to facilitate education, and complement real clinical ...
It is the direct use of computer simulation in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease. More specifically, in silico medicine is characterized by modeling, simulation, and visualization of biological and medical processes in computers with the goal of simulating real biological processes in a virtual environment. [1]
The use of this kind of simulation technology continues to be important, especially with younger generations of medical students. These students have grown up with both entertainment video games and serious games , those developed for educational purposes, making the use of simulators both more acceptable and effective. [ 7 ]
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), formerly known as the Society for Medical Simulation is a non-profit organization founded in 2004 to advance the application of medical simulation in healthcare. [1] It serves as a resource for young professionals in their growth in medical education and administration. [2]
Modeling and simulation are important in research. Representing the real systems either via physical reproductions at smaller scale, or via mathematical models that allow representing the dynamics of the system via simulation, allows exploring system behavior in an articulated way which is often either not possible, or too risky in the real world.