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Editorial: Simulation – Savior or Satan? A Rebuttal

Editorial: Simulation – Savior or Satan? A Rebuttal Advances in Health Sciences Education 8: 97–103, 2003. © 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 1∗ 2 WILLIAM C. MCGAGHIE , S. BARRY ISSENBERG and EMIL R. PETRUSA Medical College of Wisconsin ( Office of Medical Education and Faculty Development, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 3-130 Ward Building, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA; Center for Research in Medical Education, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA ( author for correspondence, e-mail: wcmc@northwestern.edu) Geoffrey Norman (GN), Editor of Advances in Health Sciences Education published an editorial in the Vol. 8, No. 1 journal issue (pp. 1–3). The editorial is titled, “Simulation – Savior or Satan?” This rebuttal to the Norman editorial highlights seven overlapping issues concerning simulation-based education in the health sciences that Norman questions. His questions are about the utility, educa- tional effectiveness, and costs of simulations in health sciences education. Norman also raises proper doubts about the rigor of the educational science used to evaluate the efficacy of simulations as training interventions. Norman’s editorial statements are pointed and controversial. The purpose of this rebuttal is to set the record straight about the demonstrated http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Advances in Health Sciences Education Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject
Education; Medical Education
ISSN
1382-4996
eISSN
1573-1677
DOI
10.1023/A:1024936200782
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Advances in Health Sciences Education 8: 97–103, 2003. © 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 1∗ 2 WILLIAM C. MCGAGHIE , S. BARRY ISSENBERG and EMIL R. PETRUSA Medical College of Wisconsin ( Office of Medical Education and Faculty Development, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 3-130 Ward Building, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-3008, USA; Center for Research in Medical Education, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA ( author for correspondence, e-mail: wcmc@northwestern.edu) Geoffrey Norman (GN), Editor of Advances in Health Sciences Education published an editorial in the Vol. 8, No. 1 journal issue (pp. 1–3). The editorial is titled, “Simulation – Savior or Satan?” This rebuttal to the Norman editorial highlights seven overlapping issues concerning simulation-based education in the health sciences that Norman questions. His questions are about the utility, educa- tional effectiveness, and costs of simulations in health sciences education. Norman also raises proper doubts about the rigor of the educational science used to evaluate the efficacy of simulations as training interventions. Norman’s editorial statements are pointed and controversial. The purpose of this rebuttal is to set the record straight about the demonstrated

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Advances in Health Sciences EducationSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 6, 2004

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