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Simulation for Neonatal Care

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Neonatal staff and trainees benefit from the cognitive, technical, and behavioral skills enhanced via simulation-based training. Simulation-based education can be used for initial training (e.g., nurse orientation, resident boot camp), maintenance of skills, course certification (e.g., neonatal resuscitation program course), development of clinical competence, and improvement of the neonatal workplace environment.

Structured programs with an integrated simulation component, such as the Neonatal Resuscitation Program and Helping Babies Breathe, have well-developed curricula and simulated scenarios and have been a major driving force for the improvement of neonatal outcomes internationally. Neonatal boot camps have allowed collaboration amongst programs and have encouraged the sharing of educational knowledge and resources. Interprofessional team performance can be improved through simulation training and are now routine amongst academic institutions. Neonatal simulations have also driven quality improvement and quality assurance projects to improve current neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) settings and to resolve potential problems prior to building new facilities.

Neonatal providers have been amongst the leaders in the development of simulation. Collaboration across levels of training, professions, and specialty areas (e.g., obstetrics) help break down historical silos. With new technologies, realistic moulage, and innovative ideas neonatology will continue to shape the field of simulation, just as simulation will continue to improve learning and patient outcomes in neonatology.

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    Lindsay Callahan Johnston MD

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    Douglas Campbell MSc, MD, FRCPC

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Department of Neonatal Intensive Care, University of British Columbia, British Columbia Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Deepak Manhas MD, FAAP, FRCP(C)

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Johnston, L., Campbell, D., Manhas, D. (2016). Simulation for Neonatal Care. In: Grant, V., Cheng, A. (eds) Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Pediatrics. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24187-6_18

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