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Finding the Right Simulation Personnel

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Simulation centers may operate in many different organizational styles and in a variety of settings from small-scale training within a hospital or community college building to multi-site institutions that support an entire healthcare workforce or graduate training program. Regardless of the setting, each center should have a mission and common goal to drive hiring and staffing needs. Specific knowledge, skills, and attributes must be clearly defined and carefully worded to attract and appropriately describe the needs of a position to improve success for any new hire. This chapter will review methods for identifying and carrying out a job skills analysis to fill positions within a simulation center. It will also describe interview best practices to help find the best candidate fit and protect your center during the hiring and employee evaluation process.

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    Wendy Z. Thomson

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA

    Scott B. Crawford

  2. SimGHOSTS, Las Vegas, NV, USA

    Lance W. Baily

  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA

    Stormy M. Monks

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Thomson, W.Z. (2019). Finding the Right Simulation Personnel. In: Crawford, S., Baily, L., Monks, S. (eds) Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Operations, Technology, and Innovative Practice. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15378-6_5

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