
Learning by doing
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” ― Aristotle
Read moreItaly and France were the major source of simulators early in the 18th century. These were made of fabric and mostly for obstetrics - ie training midwives. Training was to reduce risk to the patient, as it is today.
Simulating with mannikins grew in popularity as did the percieved benefits in education programs. Patient safety and better practical learning - the benefits were obvious.
The exponential growth in technology and modern manufacturing has brought medical simulation into a new era. The gap between learning on a live patient and a medical simulator has become much smaller. The reason why - effective training and patient safety - is still the same as it was 300 years ago.
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” ― Aristotle
Read moreAs per World Health Organisation (WHO), patient safety “is the absence of preventable harm to a patient during the process of health care and reduc...
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