Breakout Workshop 4b

Process-oriented simulations: A gift to quality and safety 

Led by James Ruiter

Simulation use in healthcare has been, to a large extent, limited to its application in education, and examination and testing. Such a limited view of such a powerful tool is unfortunate and limits our ability to truly improve quality and safety. A recent example of process-oriented in situ simulation to manage the chaos that COVID thrusted us into is highlighted in this session. 

 

After this session, participants should be able to: 

• Describe the importance of the difference between Work as Imagined and Work as Done. 

• Assess the limitations of traditional simulations use in healthcare. 

• Propose improvements to the use of simulation in their context. 

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Educational materials:

• Example of a process-oriented in-situ simulation