To die or not to die? A review of simulated death.
Published
Journal Article (Review)
SUMMARY STATEMENT: Simulation as an educational technique is increasingly used in health care to teach about managing critical events and life-threatening situations and, infrequently, to teach about death. There is considerable controversy over whether to allow the simulator to die during a session when death is not a predefined learning objective. Some educators never allow the simulator to die unless death is the objective of the scenario, and others allow the simulator to die unexpectedly during any scenario. We do not know whether such a fatal event may affect a student's learning process and emotions, and no randomized trials have been conducted to determine the impact of simulated death. In this narrative review, we survey the literature on simulated death during health care training, present arguments for and against the broad incorporation of such training in curricula for health care providers, and outline recommendations for using death scenarios in health care simulation.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Corvetto, MA; Taekman, JM
Published Date
- February 2013
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 8 / 1
Start / End Page
- 8 - 12
PubMed ID
- 22960702
Pubmed Central ID
- 22960702
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1559-713X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182689aff
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States