Closing the gap: a call for a common blueprint for remote distance telesimulation

Jonathan Duff¹, Suzie Kardong-Edgren², Todd P Chang³, Rachel L Elkin⁴, Geethanjali Ramachandra⁵, Stephanie Stapleton⁶, Janice C Palaganas^{7

8}, Maybelle Kou⁹, Isabel T Gross¹⁰

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¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Department of Health Professions Education, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Pediatric Intensive Care, Krishna Institute of Medical Science, Secunderabad, Telangana, India.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Department of Health Professions Education, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Graduate Medical Education, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
¹⁰ Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

PMID: 35516822
PMCID: PMC8936613
DOI: 10.1136/bmjstel-2021-000875

Editorial

Closing the gap: a call for a common blueprint for remote distance telesimulation

Jonathan Duff et al. BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn. 2021.

. 2021 Apr 12;7(4):185-187.

doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2021-000875. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Jonathan Duff¹, Suzie Kardong-Edgren², Todd P Chang³, Rachel L Elkin⁴, Geethanjali Ramachandra⁵, Stephanie Stapleton⁶, Janice C Palaganas^{7

8}, Maybelle Kou⁹, Isabel T Gross¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
² Department of Health Professions Education, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Pediatric Intensive Care, Krishna Institute of Medical Science, Secunderabad, Telangana, India.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Department of Health Professions Education, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁹ Graduate Medical Education, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
¹⁰ Section of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

PMID: 35516822
PMCID: PMC8936613
DOI: 10.1136/bmjstel-2021-000875

Abstract

The physical requirements mandated by the COVID-19 pandemic have presented a challenge and an opportunity for simulation educators. Although there were already examples of simulation being delivered at a distance, the pandemic forced this technique into the mainstream. With any new discipline, it is important for the community to agree on vocabulary, methods and reporting guidelines. This editorial is a call to action for the simulation community to start this process so that we can best describe and use this technique.

Keywords: open and distance learning; simulation.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Shneider’s stages of a new discipline.

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