The use of healthcare simulation to identify and address latent safety threats: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simulation is a well-established tool for clinical education and has been used to uncover latent safety threats (LSTs) in healthcare settings. However, the extent to which systems theory underpins efforts to detect and mitigate LSTs remains unclear.

Objective

This scoping review explores how healthcare simulations have been used to identify and address LSTs, with particular attention to the visibility and application of systems theory in study design, implementation, and analysis.

Methods

Using PRISMA-ScR, we systematically reviewed studies from 2014 to 2024 across MEDLINE, EMBASE, and grey literature sources. Studies were included if simulation was used with the primary aim of identifying LSTs. Data extraction focused on definitions of LSTs, approaches use

SUBMITTER: Lounsbury O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12669178 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature