Simulation Update: A Review of Simulation-Based Strategies for Healthcare, Education and Training

The Veteran Health Administration (VHA) SimLEARN program has worked with clinical simulation experts, in and outside of the VHA, to produce a compendium with current information on training methods using typical simulation modalities. This compendium can serve as a resource staff, students and educators to facilitate the transition from traditional training to the exciting and clinically relevant simulation modalities used in today's nursing and medical schools.

The compendium, titled "Simulation Update: A Review of Simulation-Based Strategies for Healthcare, Education and Training," contains articles written especially for VHA learners and covers a broad range of simulation topics, including:

Mannequin-Based Simulation
Standardized Patient Simulation
Virtual Environments
Process Modeling
Task Trainers and Haptics
Virtual Patient Simulations