Striving for Better Medical Education: the Simulation Approach

Medical simulation is a rapidly expanding area within medical education due to advances in technology, significant reduction in training hours and increased procedural complexity. Simulation training aims to enhance patient safety through improved technical competency and eliminating human factors i...

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Main Authors: Sakakushev Boris E., Marinov Blagoi I., Stefanova Penka P., Kostianev Stefan St., Georgiou Evangelos K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-06-01
Series:Folia Medica
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author Sakakushev Boris E.
Marinov Blagoi I.
Stefanova Penka P.
Kostianev Stefan St.
Georgiou Evangelos K.
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description Medical simulation is a rapidly expanding area within medical education due to advances in technology, significant reduction in training hours and increased procedural complexity. Simulation training aims to enhance patient safety through improved technical competency and eliminating human factors in a risk free environment. It is particularly applicable to a practical, procedure-orientated specialties.
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spelling doaj.art-dc78acea26a047948ae30dc2dae01b6c2022-12-21T19:12:08ZengPensoft PublishersFolia Medica1314-21432017-06-0159212313110.1515/folmed-2017-0039folmed-2017-0039Striving for Better Medical Education: the Simulation ApproachSakakushev Boris E.0Marinov Blagoi I.1Stefanova Penka P.2Kostianev Stefan St.3Georgiou Evangelos K.4Department of Propedeutics of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Propedeutics of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BulgariaMedical Physics Lab-Simulation Center, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, GreeceMedical simulation is a rapidly expanding area within medical education due to advances in technology, significant reduction in training hours and increased procedural complexity. Simulation training aims to enhance patient safety through improved technical competency and eliminating human factors in a risk free environment. It is particularly applicable to a practical, procedure-orientated specialties.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2017.59.issue-2/folmed-2017-0039/folmed-2017-0039.xml?format=INTmedical simulationsimulation-based training
spellingShingle Sakakushev Boris E.
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Striving for Better Medical Education: the Simulation Approach
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medical simulation
simulation-based training
title Striving for Better Medical Education: the Simulation Approach
title_full Striving for Better Medical Education: the Simulation Approach
title_fullStr Striving for Better Medical Education: the Simulation Approach
title_full_unstemmed Striving for Better Medical Education: the Simulation Approach
title_short Striving for Better Medical Education: the Simulation Approach
title_sort striving for better medical education the simulation approach
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simulation-based training
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