Five topics health care simulation can address to improve patient safety: results from a consensus process.

Stephen J M Sollid; Peter Dieckman; Karina Aase; Eldar Søreide; Charlotte Ringsted; Doris Østergaard

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Five topics health care simulation can address to improve patient safety: results from a consensus process.

April 27, 2016

Sollid SJM, Dieckman P, Aase K, et al. J Patient Saf. 2019;15(2):111-120.

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An international group of experts identified the top five topics related to simulation programs for patient safety: technical skills, nontechnical skills, system probing, assessment, and effectiveness. This article describes the consensus process and provides recommendations for patient safety curricula.

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