Areas with the Highest Use of Simulator for Health Education in Colombia

Maria Bernarda Salazar-Sánchez, Alher Mauricio Hernández-Valdivieso, Carolina Rodríguez-López, Juan Camilo Mesa-Agudelo, Isabel Cristina Muñoz-Ortega, Leidy Yaneth Serna-Higuita, Luis Felipe Buitrago-Castro

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Abstract

One of the most causes of adverse events in the healthcare institutions is the lack of training of the assistance staff, therefore the use of simulators in medical education has begun to be part of the curriculums of some programs, however, there are areas, that still do not have some kind of tool for interactive training. This paper aim is to identify these areas in higher education institutions in Colombia. The review consisted of seeks the medical simulation centers and simulators used in the teaching-learning process, identifying specific healthcare areas. 192 programs in health sciences are reported in the information system of education in Colombia, and at least 120 Centers and/or Simulation Laboratories for medical education are assigned to the Colombian Association of Simulation in Health Sciences. The areas with the highest use of simulators in the training are pre-hospital care, cardiology, and gynecology, which addresses a small percentage of the health sciences. The above may be due to the high cost of the most used simulators, task-trainers and mannequins, which suggests that the development of tools or another kind of simulator like computer-based is necessary, specifically to areas like critical care where it has been demonstrated, that occurs the most adverse events in the world.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationApplied Computer Sciences in Engineering - 6th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2019, Proceedings
EditorsJuan Carlos Figueroa-García, Mario Duarte-González, Sebastián Jaramillo-Isaza, Alvaro David Orjuela-Cañon, Yesid Díaz-Gutierrez
PublisherSpringer
Pages643-652
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030310189
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event6th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2019 - Santa Marta, Colombia
Duration: 16 Oct 201918 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1052
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference6th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2019
Country/TerritoryColombia
CitySanta Marta
Period16/10/1918/10/19

Keywords

  • Health education
  • Simulators
  • Software applications

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