The LMU Hospital Munich recognises the importance of planning and preparing for large-scale emergencies and continues to carry regular mass casualty incident exercises even throughout the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The goal is to put current concepts into practice to ensure that hospital staff is well prepared in case of emergency. The organizational and [...]

University of Stavanger (UiS) has recently applied to the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir) to achieve status as Centre for Excellent Simulation and eLearning – SIMeLEARN. The overall aim of SIMeLEARN is to develop and implement excellent, student-centred, innovative learning methods within simulation and e-learning to provide a superior education [...]

Clinical simulation (CS) is a very useful tool to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and real practice. It allows training professional skills in a safe environment for patients and also for professionals. The first time we heard about CS, we imagined large specialised centres with complex, highly technological environments, where  quasi-human mannequins [...]