TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a simulation safety policy for translational simulation programs in healthcare
AU - Brazil, Victoria
AU - Scott, Clare
AU - Matulich, Jack
AU - Shanahan, Brenton
N1 - © 2022. The Author(s).
Funding Information:
Thanks to Dr. Eve Purdy for her helpful review and contribution to the infographic.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Healthcare simulation may present risks to safety, especially when delivered 'in situ'-in real clinical environments-when lines between simulated and real practice may be blurred. We felt compelled to develop a simulation safety policy (SSP) after reading reports of adverse events in the healthcare simulation literature, editorials highlighting these safety risks, and reflecting on our own experience as a busy translational simulation service in a large healthcare institution.The process for development of a comprehensive SSP for translational simulation programs is unclear. Personal correspondence with leaders of simulation programs like our own revealed a piecemeal approach in most institutions. In this article, we describe the process we used to develop the simulation safety policy at our health service, and crystalize principles that may provide guidance to simulation programs with similar challenges.
AB - Healthcare simulation may present risks to safety, especially when delivered 'in situ'-in real clinical environments-when lines between simulated and real practice may be blurred. We felt compelled to develop a simulation safety policy (SSP) after reading reports of adverse events in the healthcare simulation literature, editorials highlighting these safety risks, and reflecting on our own experience as a busy translational simulation service in a large healthcare institution.The process for development of a comprehensive SSP for translational simulation programs is unclear. Personal correspondence with leaders of simulation programs like our own revealed a piecemeal approach in most institutions. In this article, we describe the process we used to develop the simulation safety policy at our health service, and crystalize principles that may provide guidance to simulation programs with similar challenges.
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U2 - 10.1186/s41077-022-00200-9
DO - 10.1186/s41077-022-00200-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 35074018
SN - 2059-0628
VL - 7
SP - 4
JO - Advances in Simulation
JF - Advances in Simulation
IS - 1
M1 - 4
ER -