Why is Simulation in Healthcare Education Important?

In the healthcare education industry, simulation is used to improve patient safety outcomes by integrating traditional education with practice-based training. Providing learners with a good foundation and hands-on experience is the key to future success in their careers.

Simulation in healthcare education has risen significantly over the past two decades due to the continuous advancement of technology. Traditional education will always provide learners with a solid foundation, however research demonstrates that simulations take that a step further through hands-on experience. Simulation provides valuable feedback, decision-making, and hands-on training with room to make mistakes.

Not only are skill-based simulations important, but learning how to effectively communicate, operate as a team, and build clinical decision-making abilities is where simulation can bridge the gap between traditional and experiential learning.

When implemented properly, including simulation in your curriculum is effective in guiding learners toward a safer, more effective, and realistic education before moving on to real-life patient care. Focusing on finding the best possible outcomes for patients while meeting learning objectives provides valuable learning opportunities that can be implemented in the real-world.

With 25 years of simulation experience, KbPort LLC’s partners have been committed to enabling institutions to achieve exceptional educational outcomes by using the most advanced technology to offer the highest fidelity systems possible. Recording and debriefing, center management, and patient-care simulators form the key components of KbPort™ Simplicity™ Solutions.

Simulation offers powerful assessment capabilities that can complement current teaching methods and fill knowledge gaps to improve learner understanding and success. KbPort™ has over 25 years of research and creating innovative hardware and software for simulation-use. From the BPSim™, our analog sphygmomanometer simulator to a line of carts and cabinets to aid in medication distribution and administration to recording and debriefing solutions, it is our goal to help learners achieve exceptional educational outcomes while moving them one step closer to real-life care.

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