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Simulation-Based Learning
What is it?
Simulation-based learning is an instructional strategy that seeks to leverage experiential learning and approximate real-world conditions in a simulated environment. Whether the simulation is low or high fidelity (the realism of the simulation), this strategy has been shown to help students practice real-life, complex, skills (Chernikova et al., 2020).
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Examples and Implementation
- Part-task trainers: devices that allow students to practice a specific skill and often involve utilizing a simulator that includes specific components of anatomy. For example, a phantom that allows students to practice placing an IV or managing an airway.
- Simulated (standardized) patients: trained actors who are used as patients instead of mannequins or phantoms.
- Computerized simulators (computer enhanced mannequin simulators): mannequins connected to computer systems that allow for dynamic responses and programmable effects.
- Virtual reality simulators: these systems allow for a recreation of physical objects in virtual space.
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