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Improving Medical Care: The Use of Simulation Technology

Siegfried Streufert, Usha Satish, and Paul BarachView all authors and affiliations
Volume 32, Issue 2
https://doi.org/10.1177/104687810103200205

Abstract

Simulations may be employed in medicine to enhance competency and to improve care. This article provides an overview of simulation technologies that involve human performance in complex task settings. Distinctions between simulations and related methodologies are made. The application of different simulation types to medicine are considered.

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Volume 32, Issue 2
Pages: 164 - 174
Article first published: June 2001
Issue published: June 2001

Keywords

  1. assessment
  2. medicine
  3. patient care
  4. process
  5. simulation
  6. training

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Usha Satish
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Paul Barach
University of Chicago
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