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. 2021 Mar 4;6(1):6.
doi: 10.1186/s41077-021-00160-6.

Translational simulation: from description to action

Christopher Peter Nickson  1   2 , Andrew Petrosoniak  3   4 , Stephanie Barwick  5   6 , Victoria Brazil  7
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Translational simulation: from description to action

Christopher Peter Nickson et al. Adv Simul (Lond). .

Abstract

This article describes an operational framework for implementing translational simulation in everyday practice. The framework, based on an input-process-output model, is developed from a critical review of the existing translational simulation literature and the collective experience of the authors' affiliated translational simulation services. The article describes how translational simulation may be used to explore work environments and/or people in them, improve quality through targeted interventions focused on clinical performance/patient outcomes, and be used to design and test planned infrastructure or interventions. Representative case vignettes are used to show how the framework can be applied to real world healthcare problems, including clinical space testing, process development, and culture. Finally, future directions for translational simulation are discussed. As such, the article provides a road map for practitioners who seek to address health service outcomes using translational simulation.

Keywords: Healthcare simulation; Human factors/ergonomics; In situ simulation; Input-process-output model; Operational framework; Quality improvement; Translational simulation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Chris Nickson is the innovation lead at Alfred Health’s Centre for Health Innovation and is the simulation lead at the Alfred Intensive Care Unit. He is also co-creator of numerous Free Open Access Medical education (FOAM) projects including litfl.com, smacc.net.au, and intensiveblog.com.

Andrew Petrosoniak is co-principal for Advanced Performance Healthcare Design (advancedperformance.ca).

Stephanie Barwick is the director of Clinical Education at Mater Education and leads the translational simulation service. Mater Education is also a proud partner of the Bond Translational Simulation Collaborative.

Victoria Brazil is the medical director of the Gold Coast Health Simulation Service, director of the Bond Translational Simulation Collaborative, co-producer of Simulcast, and senior editor at Advances in Simulation.

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Input-process-output framework for translational simulation
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