Developing a simulation safety policy for translational simulation programs in healthcare.

ABSTRACT: 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 o

SUBMITTER: Brazil V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785148 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature