Author Description

Understanding Medical Education is a series of occasional papers designed to meet the needs of all newcomers to medical education,whether undergraduate or postgraduate,including those studying at certificate,diploma and master level. Understanding Medical Education aims to provide an authoritative,up-to-date and comprehensive resource summarising the theoretical academic bases for modern medical education practice. In this comprehensive paper, authors outline the type of simulations and simulators in current use,their theoretical basis and supporting research evidence. The role if feedback is discussed in some detail and paper contains a wealth of practical advice on the design and delivery of effective simulation events.