Simulation: A panacea for interprofessional learning?

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Submitted by Scott Reeves on May 29, 2014 - 3:35pm CDT

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Journal Article

The Institute of Medicine's seminal report To Err is Human (Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000) argued that to improve quality and safety, health care organizations needed to create interprofessional training opportunities for practitioners to learn interpersonal and technical skills in safe, simulated environments. In this editorial, we explore the possible uses and advantages of employing this approach within an interprofessional context as well as some of its limitations and challenges.

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Scott Reeves
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