Table of Contents

SECTION ONE: SIMULATION CENTRE LOGISTICS ; 1. Simulation and skill centre design ; 2. Simulation centre operations and administration ; 3. Mobile simulation ; SECTION TWO: SIMULATORS, TRAINING AIDS & EQUIPMENT ; 4. Lessons from aviation simulation ; 5. Medium and high integration mannequin patient simulators ; 6. Airway training devices ; 7. Equipment ; 8. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and training devices ; SECTION THREE: EDUCATION COMPONENTS ; 9. Teaching and learning through the simulated environment ; 10. Developing your teaching role in a simulation centre ; 11. Teaching in clinical settings ; 12. Scenario design - theory to delivery ; 13. Debriefing - theory and techniques ; 14. Teaching a clinical skill ; 15. Training and assessment with standardized patients ; 16. Team building and simulation ; 17. Problem-based learning for simulation in healthcare ; 18. Research in simulation ; SECTION FOUR: APPLIED SIMULATION ; 19. Simulation in nurse education ; 20. Crisis resource management in healthcare ; 21. Intern training - a national simulation-based training program to enhance readiness for medical practice ; 22. Non-technical skills - identifying, training and assessing safe behaviours ; 23. Simulation training programs for rapid response or medical emergency teams ; 24. Simulation in paediatrics ; 25. Obstetric simulation ; 26. Simulation in emergency medicine ; 27. Cardiopulmonary bypass simulation ; 28. Simulation for military medical training ; 29. Incorporating simulation into the medical school curriculum ; 30. Surgical simulation ; 31. Creating virtual reality medical simulations - a knowledge-based design and assessment approach ; 32. Respiratory medicine and respiratory therapy ; 33. Role of cognitive simulations in healthcare ; 34. Effective management of anaesthetic crises - design, development and evaluation of a simulation-based course ; 35. Simulation in high-stakes performance assessment ; 36. Simulation in sedation training for non-anaesthesiologists ; 37. Medical educational simulation - a European perspective ; 38. Society for Simulation in Healthcare ; Glossary

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About the Author

Dr Richard Riley is a practising anaesthetist at Royal Perth Hospital, having trained in anaesthesia in both Australia and the USA. His interest in medical simulation began in 1997. He became Clinical Director of the Centre for Anaesthesia Skills and Medical Simulation at the University of Western Australia in 2002. In 2006 he was the Meeting Chair for the International Meeting on Medical Simulation. He also has interests in difficult airway management and obesity. He is the Chief Editor of Australasian Anaesthesia Journal.