Research
Research updates from the medical simulation, surgical simulation, nursing simulation and clinical simulation industries.
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Pre-BriefingDecember 8, 2025INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Prebriefing | Preparation & Briefing
Prebriefing is an essential part of healthcare simulation and may enhance debriefing and reflection by providing learners with the information…
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UbiSimAugust 22, 2024Survey: Impacts of COVID19 on Healthcare Simulation Industry
For the past two years, healthcare professionals all over the world have shared with HealthySimulation.com staff that COVID-19 has put…
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PersonnelSeptember 14, 2024More than a Job: The Ongoing Professionalization of Healthcare Simulation
Professionalization is often seen as a noble goal for emerging knowledge occupations. The professionalization process is generally a long one,…
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CredentialingDecember 8, 2025New INACSL Healthcare Simulation Standard of Best Practice: Professional Development
Developing a set of best practices can help any healthcare simulation flourish, as these guidelines help promote successful learning and…
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HealthcareSeptember 3, 2024Event 201: Pre-Pandemic Healthcare Simulation Exercise Predicted Some COVID-19 Outcomes
Even before the first cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed, the medical and scientific communities understood the importance of pandemic preparedness.…
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AdministrationSeptember 6, 2024How to Improve Clinical Simulation Cost Savings
While the adoption of healthcare simulation across simulation centers and programs has become more widespread, the technologies and task trainers…
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NursingSeptember 14, 2024QSEN Competencies Push for Improved Nursing Learner Outcomes
The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) project was designed to address the challenge of preparing future nurses with…
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Laerdal MedicalSeptember 3, 2024Simulation Competitions Safely Create Fun Environment for High-Level Learning
Healthcare simulation competitions are engaging experiences that inspire and motivate participants to put forth greater effort in the pursuit of…
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Sentinel UJanuary 8, 2026Why Nursing Educators Will Continue Using Virtual Simulation After the Pandemic
During COVID-19, nursing simulation faculty and staff quickly realized that virtual reality in simulation is where the industryโs future is…
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Virtual RealitySeptember 12, 2024Virtual Reality Application Used to Assess Emotional Response
Virtual reality (VR) in simulation offers an exciting opportunity for learners to experience, explore and immerse themselves in challenging clinical…
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Patient SafetyDecember 8, 2025AHRQ’s CANDOR Toolkit Helps Ensure Safer Patient Safety Response
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides a number of patient safety tools and training materials, including the…
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OperationsSeptember 12, 2024No Evidence Found! Traditional Clinical Learning Outcomes Under Serious Scrutiny After New Lit Review
For years, academic and clinical educators and leaders have questioned the effectiveness of traditional clinical apprenticeship models used in undergraduate…
