COVID-19 pandemic preparation: using simulation for systems-based learning to prepare the largest healthcare workforce and system in Canada.

Mirette M. Dubé; Alyshah Kaba; Theresa Cronin; Sue Barnes; Tara Fuselli; Vincent Grant

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COVID-19 pandemic preparation: using simulation for systems-based learning to prepare the largest healthcare workforce and system in Canada.

September 30, 2020

Dubé MM, Kaba A, Cronin T, et al. Adv Simul (Lond). 2020;5:22.

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This article describes the planning and implementation of a multi-site, multidisciplinary simulation program to provide critical just-in-time COVID-19 education in one Canadian province. The authors discuss the unique features and advantages of a centralized simulation response and key themes of the simulation program.

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