Patient Safety / Simulation and Ergonomics

So first blog! I'm hoping to do a series of blogs on Healthcare Simulation, Patient Safety and Ergonomics and all things in between - I want this to be a place to share thoughts, ideas and learn (me learn as well!). I also don't want these to become overly academic - I will share and mention others peoples work but will not formally reference these. I wanted to start with What is Simulation as this seems an important starting point to allow further exploration later - without a common mental model or reference point it becomes more difficult. So the aim of this blog is to challenge and expand what people consider healthcare simulation to be (or what it isn't), David Gaba has pointed out that Simulation is a technique not a technology - indeed it is an educational modality. For me healthcare simulation is all encompassing it is any patient focussed learning event where we simulated the process, patient, system, event for the acquisition of skills, knowledge and or