Context The relative advantages and disadvantages of checklists and global rating scales
(GRS s) have long been debated. To compare the merits of these scale types, we conducted …

Background Simulation technology is widely used in undergraduate and graduate medical
education as well as for personnel training and evaluation in other healthcare professions …

Simulations have taken a central role in the education and assessment of medical students,
residents, and practicing physicians. The introduction of simulation-based assessments in …

Health care simulation includes a variety of educational techniques used to complement
actual patient experiences with realistic yet artificial exercises. This field is rapidly growing …

Medical simulation is a rapidly expanding area within medical education. In 2005, the
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Simulation Task Force was created to ensure …

Because of an emphasis on patient safety and recognition of the effectiveness of simulation
as an educational modality across multiple medical specialties, use of health-care …

Background: Anesthesiologists and anesthesia residents are expected to acquire and
maintain skills to manage a wide range of acute intraoperative anesthetic events. The …

Purpose Within the field of anesthesia, simulation has been used as a tool for training and
assessment for over 30 years. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the state of the …

The use of simulation in graduate medical education affords unique opportunities for
increasing the quality of a resident's educational experiences. Additionally, simulation poses …

Objective Simulation technologies are used to assess and teach competencies through the
provision of reproducible stimuli. They have exceptional utility in assessing responses to …