Research

Our faculty represent multiple specialty practices, giving us a breadth and depth of expertise in development, implementation, and evaluation of simulation technologies for diverse and variable medical applications. Through the learning health system model, our goal is to integrate clinical simulation research to improve patient care quality, increase operational efficiencies and enhance learning at all levels. We have extensive research setting up studies from simple curricular evaluations to Delphi studies looking to acquire content validation, to the setup and execution of multi-center studies.

Our team has published literally hundreds of peer-reviewed publications relating to simulation-based training focused on the exploration of the impact of simulation on patient outcomes, procedural techniques, team management, and other clinical practices. Specific areas of research include:

• New simulator development
• Evaluation of high, medium, and low fidelity simulators for task and system level training in medical procedures
• Development and evaluation of self-directed simulation-based training programs
• Novel methods used in learner assessment and program evaluation
• System-level training in medical procedures
• Impact of simulation-based training on clinical skills and patient safety outcomes
• Validation of simulation-based assessment tools used to measure physicians’ and clinicians’ knowledge, procedural, and communication skills