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Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Pediatrics

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Whether simulation instructional design is the subject of your research study or you are utilizing simulation as an investigative methodology to address a specific research objective, there are special aspects of design and execution specific to research in simulation that must be considered. In this chapter, specific strategies and challenges with various types of simulation research will be outlined, including discussions about the advantages of using simulation as a research methodology, the special considerations for outcome measures, and the evolving mechanisms for funding simulation-based research efforts. Whether a novice or experienced researcher who is new to simulation, this chapter will help provide the tools necessary to execute a well-designed simulation-based research study.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    David O. Kessler MD, MSc

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Marc Auerbach MD, MSci

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine & Transport, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Todd P. Chang MD, MAcM

  4. Department of Community Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, KidSIM Simulation Education and Research Program, University of Calgary, Alberta’s Children’s Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Yiqun Lin MD, MHSc

  5. Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Adam Cheng MD, FRCPC

  6. KidSIM Pediatric Simulation Program, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Adam Cheng MD, FRCPC

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Kessler, D., Auerbach, M., Chang, T., Lin, Y., Cheng, A. (2016). Simulation Research. 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_30

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