TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical simulation
T2 - Overview, and application to wound modelling and management
AU - Pai, Dinker R.
AU - Singh, Simerjit
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - Simulation in medical education is progressing in leaps and bounds. The need for simulation in medical education and training is increasing because of a) overall increase in the number of medical students vis-vis the availability of patients; b) increasing awareness among patients of their rights and consequent increase in litigations and c) tremendous improvement in simulation technology which makes simulation more and more realistic. Simulation in wound care can be divided into use of simulation in wound modelling (to test the effect of projectiles on the body) and simulation for training in wound management. Though this science is still in its infancy, more and more researchers are now devising both low-technology and high-technology (virtual reality) simulators in this field. It is believed that simulator training will eventually translate into better wound care in real patients, though this will be the subject of further research.
AB - Simulation in medical education is progressing in leaps and bounds. The need for simulation in medical education and training is increasing because of a) overall increase in the number of medical students vis-vis the availability of patients; b) increasing awareness among patients of their rights and consequent increase in litigations and c) tremendous improvement in simulation technology which makes simulation more and more realistic. Simulation in wound care can be divided into use of simulation in wound modelling (to test the effect of projectiles on the body) and simulation for training in wound management. Though this science is still in its infancy, more and more researchers are now devising both low-technology and high-technology (virtual reality) simulators in this field. It is believed that simulator training will eventually translate into better wound care in real patients, though this will be the subject of further research.
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U2 - 10.4103/0970-0358.101280
DO - 10.4103/0970-0358.101280
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84867292259
SN - 0970-0358
VL - 45
SP - 209
EP - 214
JO - Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
JF - Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
IS - 2
ER -