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Medicine: Discovery through doing
Roger Kneebone explores how lacemakers, glass artists and percussionists are sharing skills with researchers.
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Open AccessEngaging patients and clinicians through simulation: rebalancing the dynamics of care
This paper proposes simulation-based enactment of care as an innovative and fruitful means of engaging patients and clinicians to create collaborative solutions to healthcare issues. This use of simulation is ...
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Fantasies of medical reality: An observational study of simulation-based medical education
Medicine is increasingly taught in immersive simulated environments to supplement the apprenticeship model of work-based learning. Clinical research on this educational practice focuses on its realism, defined...
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Simulation-based ureteroscopy skills training curriculum with integration of technical and non-technical skills: a randomised controlled trial
Current training modalities within ureteroscopy have been extensively validated and must now be integrated within a comprehensive curriculum. Additionally, non-technical skills often cause surgical error and l...
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Open AccessSequential Simulation (SqS): an innovative approach to educating GP receptionists about integrated care via a patient journey – a mixed methods approach
An evaluation of an effective and engaging intervention for educating general practice (GP) receptionists about integrated care and the importance of their role within the whole system was conducted.
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Cutting for a career; a discussion of the domains of surgical competence using expert bespoke tailoring as a metaphor for surgical practice
Competency based surgical training uses proficiency of technical skills to quantify surgical competency. We believe this is an over simplification of what is required to be a competent surgeon. This work aims ...
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Real-time stent and balloon simulation for stenosis treatment
The base of all training in interventional radiology relies on the development of the core skills in manipulating the instruments. Computer simulators are emerging to help in this task with virtual reality sim...
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Participation of Surgical Residents in Operations: Challenging a Common Classification
One important form of surgical training for residents is their participation in actual operations, for instance as an assistant or supervised surgeon. The aim of this study was to explore what participation in...
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Open AccessKey challenges in simulated patient programs: An international comparative case study
The literature on simulated or standardized patient (SP) methodology is expanding. However, at the level of the program, there are several gaps in the literature. We seek to fill this gap through documenting e...
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Stress impairs psychomotor performance in novice laparoscopic surgeons
Little is known about acute stress in surgery although it is recognized to impair human performance in safety–critical industries. This study aimed to establish a direct empirical link between stress and psych...
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The Imperial Stress Assessment Tool (ISAT): A Feasible, Reliable and Valid Approach to Measuring Stress in the Operating Room
Stress can impair surgical performance and may compromise patient safety. This prospective, cross-sectional study describes the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the Imperial Stress Assessment Tool (IS...
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Development and validation of mental practice as a training strategy for laparoscopic surgery
Concerns for patient safety have accelerated the need for alternative training strategies outside the operating room. Mental practice (MP: the use of mental imagery to rehearse a task symbolically before perfo...