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Simulation in Low-Resource Settings: A Review of the Current State and Practical Implementation Strategies

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Simulation in medical education has been used in high-resourced countries for almost 50 years but the same is not true in the regions of the world with less resources. There are a variety of challenges to improving healthcare, and simulation, in low-resource settings: lack of financial support/funding, shortage of skilled healthcare workers, poor local and national infrastructure, availability and cost of transportation, and limited health supplies. This chapter will discuss success stories and lessons learned from experiences in the development of simulation programs in low- and middle-income countries. In addition, the discussion of a specific mobile simulation program focusing on maternal mortality from the author’s experiences will be a focus of this chapter. The necessity of adapting environment appropriate scenarios, debriefing across cultures, training both technical and simulation educators who regional experts, and the need to provide sustainable partnerships in this area will be highlighted.

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  1. Anesthesia Medical Group, Inc., Nashville, TN, USA

    Mary DiMiceli

  2. Division of Critical Care, Medical Education and Administration, Simulation in Medical Education, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Arna Banerjee

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Mark W. Newton

  4. Division of Multispecialty Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, CIPHER (Center for Innovation in Perioperative Health, Education, and Research), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

    Matthew D. McEvoy

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DiMiceli, M., Banerjee, A., Newton, M.W., McEvoy, M.D. (2020). Simulation in Low-Resource Settings: A Review of the Current State and Practical Implementation Strategies. In: Mahoney, B., Minehart, R., Pian-Smith, M. (eds) Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Anesthesiology . Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26849-7_27

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