The Israel Center for Medical Simulation: a paradigm for cultural change in medical education.

Amitai Ziv; David Erez; Yaron Munz; Amir Vardi; Daphna Barsuk; Inbal Levine; Shuli Benita; Orit Rubin; Haim Berkenstadt

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The Israel Center for Medical Simulation: a paradigm for cultural change in medical education.

December 13, 2006

Ziv A, Erez D, Munz Y, et al. Acad Med. 2006;81(12):1091-7.

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The authors describe a simulation-based medical education center and how it changed the educational and patient safety cultures in the Israeli medical community.

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