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A Contemporary History of Healthcare Simulation Research

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This chapter reviews the major developments and milestones in simulation research over the last 20 years. While we acknowledge that simulation has many applications outside education, our focus in this chapter is on documenting contemporary history with a strong education focus. We first outline major developments in medicine and nursing. We consider different approaches to research. We note the importance of the role of professional societies and associations in the dissemination of healthcare simulation research.

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  1. Monash Institute for Health and Clinical Education, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Debra Nestel

  2. Austin Hospital, Department of Surgery, Melbourne Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, VIC, Australia

    Debra Nestel

  3. Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Mark W. Scerbo

  4. Center for Medical Simulation, Boston, MA, USA

    Suzan E. Kardong-Edgren

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  1. Monash Institute for Health and Clinical Education, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Debra Nestel

  2. Emergency Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Joshua Hui

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Kevin Kunkler

  4. Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Mark W. Scerbo

  5. Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA

    Aaron W. Calhoun

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Nestel, D., Scerbo, M.W., Kardong-Edgren, S.E. (2019). A Contemporary History of Healthcare Simulation Research. In: Nestel, D., Hui, J., Kunkler, K., Scerbo, M., Calhoun, A. (eds) Healthcare Simulation Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26837-4_2

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