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Simulation is a close duplication of real clinical situations in order to facilitate learning. It has now become an essential tool in healthcare education, training and practice. From the patient safety perspective, it is only ethical that efforts are made to minimize inevitable injury as a result of latent system issues and the learning curve of the trainee healthcare worker or student. Simulation in healthcare education, training and practice provides fertile ground for learning, rehearsing and refining procedures in a protected environment, at the learner’s own pace and time, until competence is achieved. Coaching can also be enhanced by other means such as an instructional video recording. Interpersonal skills of conflict negotiation and team interaction can be enhanced through simulation. Learning is further strengthened by feedback via debriefing and reflection. Besides teaching and learning, formative and summative assessment of learning outcomes or competence can be conducted via simulation. Online simulation is a delivery option to be considered.
The scope of this Research Topic aims to cover the following:
• applications to all five simulation modalities – verbal role play, standardized patient/ participant (SP), part-task trainers (including virtual reality [VR] task trainers or 3D or animal models), high-tech electronic human-patient simulation, and screen-based simulation - that cover the use of simulation for education, training, practice, assessment as well as research;
• applications of simulation to assess new medical devices;
• applications of simulation to assess local or facility patient care systems;
• assessments or validation of simulation programs, and assessment of the effectiveness of a simulator;
• simulations in a physical laboratory, in-situ simulation, and simulation sessions conducted online;
• new approaches or practices in simulation especially, not limited to online simulation.
The goal of this Research Topic is to showcase research in the multi-professional simulation in cardiology education, inclusive of medical, nursing, and pre-hospital care, to subspecialty training within the field of cardiology, and how simulation may be incorporated into online learning.
Subtopics include but are not limited to the following:
• Is simulation in cardiology education being practiced similarly all over the world?
• How can simulation enhance inter-professional teamwork within this field?
• Can simulation be adapted to become an effective tool for online learning?
• How can simulation help training assessments?
• Applications of simulation methods to various procedures in cardiac interventions
• Is simulation a cost-effective training tool in cardiology education?
• What are the safety or ethical issues in healthcare simulation within cardiology education?
• Has there been recent innovations in healthcare training by simulation?
• How has simulation training contributed to patient safety?
Simulation is a close duplication of real clinical situations in order to facilitate learning. It has now become an essential tool in healthcare education, training and practice. From the patient safety perspective, it is only ethical that efforts are made to minimize inevitable injury as a result of latent system issues and the learning curve of the trainee healthcare worker or student. Simulation in healthcare education, training and practice provides fertile ground for learning, rehearsing and refining procedures in a protected environment, at the learner’s own pace and time, until competence is achieved. Coaching can also be enhanced by other means such as an instructional video recording. Interpersonal skills of conflict negotiation and team interaction can be enhanced through simulation. Learning is further strengthened by feedback via debriefing and reflection. Besides teaching and learning, formative and summative assessment of learning outcomes or competence can be conducted via simulation. Online simulation is a delivery option to be considered.
The scope of this Research Topic aims to cover the following:
• applications to all five simulation modalities – verbal role play, standardized patient/ participant (SP), part-task trainers (including virtual reality [VR] task trainers or 3D or animal models), high-tech electronic human-patient simulation, and screen-based simulation - that cover the use of simulation for education, training, practice, assessment as well as research;
• applications of simulation to assess new medical devices;
• applications of simulation to assess local or facility patient care systems;
• assessments or validation of simulation programs, and assessment of the effectiveness of a simulator;
• simulations in a physical laboratory, in-situ simulation, and simulation sessions conducted online;
• new approaches or practices in simulation especially, not limited to online simulation.
The goal of this Research Topic is to showcase research in the multi-professional simulation in cardiology education, inclusive of medical, nursing, and pre-hospital care, to subspecialty training within the field of cardiology, and how simulation may be incorporated into online learning.
Subtopics include but are not limited to the following:
• Is simulation in cardiology education being practiced similarly all over the world?
• How can simulation enhance inter-professional teamwork within this field?
• Can simulation be adapted to become an effective tool for online learning?
• How can simulation help training assessments?
• Applications of simulation methods to various procedures in cardiac interventions
• Is simulation a cost-effective training tool in cardiology education?
• What are the safety or ethical issues in healthcare simulation within cardiology education?
• Has there been recent innovations in healthcare training by simulation?
• How has simulation training contributed to patient safety?
Keywords: cardiology, simulation, training, education, online, e-learning
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