Closing the Gap: a Call for a Common Blueprint for Remote Distance Telesimulation

Overview

Journal BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn

Date 2022 May 6

PMID 35516822

Authors

Jonathan Duff

Suzie Kardong-Edgren

Todd P Chang

Rachel L Elkin

Geethanjali Ramachandra

Stephanie Stapleton

Janice C Palaganas

Maybelle Kou

Isabel T Gross

Affiliations

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Abstract

The physical requirements mandated by the COVID-19 pandemic have presented a challenge and an opportunity for simulation educators. Although there were already examples of simulation being delivered at a distance, the pandemic forced this technique into the mainstream. With any new discipline, it is important for the community to agree on vocabulary, methods and reporting guidelines. This editorial is a call to action for the simulation community to start this process so that we can best describe and use this technique.

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