This listing is a resource to simulation faculty, educators, and instructors. The reading list covers several foundational articles and editorials essential to understanding the role of simulation-based learning in healthcare. The listing also includes key book chapters that support simulation-based education.
Because these are considered foundational works, several are a few years old now; however, they still convey critical points to support and enhance simulation-based education.
For IU and IU Health simulationists, most of these articles are available as full text articles through the IU library system. Book chapters and hard to find articles are in the Health Science Building Interprofessional Simulation Center Faculty Development Teams folder. If not already provided access to the Teams folder, contact HSBsim@iu.edu.
As new major publications are released, this listing will be updated.
History of Simulation
Rosen KR. The history of medical simulation. In: Loyd GE, Lake CL, Greenburg RB, eds. Practical Health Care Simulations. Philadelphia: Elsevier Mosby, 2004:3-26.
Rosen KR. The History of Simulation. In: Levine AI, DeMaria Jr S, Schwartz AD, eds. The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare Simulation. Nw York: Springer, 2014:5-49.
Simulation Tools
Chin C. Simulators, equipment, and props. In: Riley EH, ed. Manual of Simulation in Healthcare. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016:51-62.
Glavin RJ. Skills, training, and education. Simul Healthc 2011;6(1):4-7. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e31820aa1ee
Issenberg SB, McGaghie WC, Petrusa ER, Lee Gordon D, Scalese RJ. Features and uses of high-fidelity medical simulations that lead to effective learning: a BEME systematic review. Med Teach 2005;27(1):10-28.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01421590500046924
Lampotang S. Medium and high integration mannequin patient simulators. In: Riley EH, ed. Manual of Simulation in Healthcare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008:51-64.
Owens TL, Gilva-McConvey G. Standardized Patients. . In: Palaganas JC, Maxworthy JC, Epps CA, Mancini ME, eds. Defining Excellence in Simulation Programs. Philadelphia.: Walters Kluwer, 2015:199-212.
Simulation Purpose and Roles
Gaba DM. The future vision of simulation in healthcare. Simul Healthc 2007;2(2):126-35. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.SIH.0000258411.38212.32
Gaba DM. Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? Simul Healthc 2011;6(4):195-6. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e31822802d4
Gaba DM, Raemer D. The tide is turning: organizational structures to embed simulation in the fabric of healthcare. Simul Healthc 2007;2(1):1-3.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e318031d644
Glavin RJ. Simulation: an agenda for the 21st century. Simul Healthc 2007;2(2):83-5. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3180592e7a
Motola I, Devine LA, Chung HS, Sullivan JE, Issenberg SB. Simulation in healthcare education: a best evidence practical guide. AMEE Guide No. 82. Med Teach 2013;35(10):e1511-30. https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2013.818632
Parmekar S, Shah R, Gokulakrishnan G, et al. Components of interprofessional education programs in neonatal medicine: A focused BEME review: BEME Guide No. 73. Med Teach 2022:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2022.2053086
Vardi I. Teaching and learning through the simulated environment. In: Riley EH, ed. Manual of Simulation in Healthcare. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015:290-32.
Ziv A, Wolpe PR, Small SD, Glick S. Simulation-based medical education: an ethical imperative. Simul Healthc 2006;1(4):252-6.
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.SIH.0000242724.08501.63
Simulation Learning Theory
Battista A. An activity theory perspective of how scenario-based simulations support learning: a descriptive analysis. Adv Simul (Lond) 2017;2:23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-017-0055-0
Chauvin SW. Applying Educational Theory to Simulation-Based Training and Assessment in Surgery. Surg Clin North Am 2015;95(4):695-715.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.suc.2015.04.006
Dieckmann P, Gaba D, Rall M. Deepening the theoretical foundations of patient simulation as social practice. Simul Healthc 2007;2(3):183-93.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3180f637f5
Ericsson KA, Krampe RT, Tesch-Romer C. The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance. . Psychological Review 1993;100(3):363-406.
Hean S, Green C, Anderson E, et al. The contribution of theory to the design, delivery, and evaluation of interprofessional curricula: BEME Guide No. 49. Med Teach 2018;40(6):542-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1432851
Kaakinen J, Arwood E. Systematic review of nursing simulation literature for use of learning theory. Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh 2009;6:Article 16.
https://doi.org/10.2202/1548-923X.1688
Kaufman DM. Applying educational theory in practice. BMJ 2003;326(7382):213-6. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.326.7382.213
Nestel D, Groom J, Eikeland-Husebo S, O'Donnell JM. Simulation for learning and teaching procedural skills: the state of the science. Simul Healthc 2011;6 Suppl:S10-3. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e318227ce96
Rodgers DL. The biological basis of learning: Neuroeducation through simulation. Simulation & Gaming. 2015;46(2):175-186.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878115590585
Rodgers DL, Hales RL. Brain-based learning. In: Johnston LC, Su L, eds. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: ECMO Simulation New York: Springer, 2021:43-50.
Rourke L, Schmidt M, Garga N. Theory-based research of high fidelity simulation use in nursing education: a review of the literature. Int J Nurs Educ Scholarsh 2010;7:Article11. https://doi.org/10.2202/1548-923X.1965
Sadideen H, Plonczak A, Saadeddin M, Kneebone R. How Educational Theory Can Inform the Training and Practice of Plastic Surgeons. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open 2018;6(12):e2042. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000002042
Sewell JL, Maggio LA, Ten Cate O, van Gog T, Young JQ, O'Sullivan PS. Cognitive load theory for training health professionals in the workplace: A BEME review of studies among diverse professions: BEME Guide No. 53. Med Teach 2019;41(3):256-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1505034
Debriefing Models
Cheng A, Rodgers DL, van der Jagt E, Eppich W, O'Donnell J. Evolution of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support course: enhanced learning with a new debriefing tool and Web-based module for Pediatric Advanced Life Support instructors. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2012;13(5):589-95. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0b013e3182417709
Dreifuerst KT. Using debriefing for meaningful learning to foster development of clinical reasoning in simulation. J Nurs Educ 2012;51(6):326-33.
https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20120409-02
Fanning RM, Gaba DM. The role of debriefing in simulation-based learning. Simul Healthc 2007;2(2):115-25.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3180315539
Hunt EA, Duval-Arnould JM, Nelson-McMillan KL, et al. Pediatric resident resuscitation skills improve after "rapid cycle deliberate practice" training. Resuscitation 2014;85(7):945-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.02.025
Husebo SE, Dieckmann P, Rystedt H, Soreide E, Friberg F. The relationship between facilitators' questions and the level of reflection in postsimulation debriefing. Simul Healthc 2013;8(3):135-42.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e31827cbb5c
Phrampus PE, O'Donnell JO. Debriefing using a structured and supported approach In: Levine AI, DeMaria Jr S, Schwartz AD, Sim AJ, eds. The Comprehensive Textbook of Healthcare Simulation New York: Springer, 2014:73-84.
Raemer D, Anderson M, Cheng A, Fanning R, Nadkarni V, Savoldelli G. Research regarding debriefing as part of the learning process. Simul Healthc 2011;6 Suppl:S52-7. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e31822724d0
Rudolph JW, Simon R, Dufresne RL, Raemer DB. There's no such thing as "nonjudgmental" debriefing: a theory and method for debriefing with good judgment. Simul Healthc 2006;1(1):49-55. https://doi.org/10.1097/01266021-200600110-00006
Rudolph JW, Simon R, Rivard P, Dufresne RL, Raemer DB. Debriefing with good judgment: combining rigorous feedback with genuine inquiry. Anesthesiol Clin 2007;25(2):361-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2007.03.007
Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Boulet JR, Jeffries PR, Hatala RA, Korndorffer JR, Jr., Feinstein DM, Roche JP. Research regarding methods of assessing learning outcomes. Simul Healthc 2011;6 Suppl:S48-51. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e31822237d0
Glavin RJ, Gaba DM. Challenges and opportunities in simulation and assessment. Simul Healthc 2008;3(2):69-71. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e31817bb8f6
Teamwork in Simulation
Buckley S, Ambrose L, Anderson E, et al. Tools for structured team communication in pre-registration health professions education: a Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) review: BEME Guide No. 41. Med Teach 2016;38(10):966-80.
https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2016.1215412
Cooper JB, Singer SJ, Hayes J, et al. Design and evaluation of simulation scenarios for a program introducing patient safety, teamwork, safety leadership, and simulation to healthcare leaders and managers. Simul Healthc 2011;6(4):231-8.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e31821da9ec
Eppich W, Howard V, Vozenilek J, Curran I. Simulation-based team training in healthcare. Simul Healthc 2011;6 Suppl:S14-9.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e318229f550
Rosen MA, Salas E, Wilson KA, et al. Measuring team performance in simulation-based training: adopting best practices for healthcare. Simul Healthc 2008;3(1):33-41. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181626276
Salas E, Cooke NJ, Rosen MA. On teams, teamwork, and team performance: discoveries and developments. Hum Factors 2008;50(3):540-7.
https://doi.org/10.1518/001872008X288457
Other Simulation Topics
Corvetto MA, Taekman JM. To die or not to die? A review of simulated death. Simul Healthc 2013;8(1):8-12.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182689aff
Dieckmann P, Lippert A, Glavin R, Rall M. When things do not go as expected: scenario life savers. Simul Healthc 2010;5(4):219-25.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181e77f74
Donoghue AJ, Durbin DR, Nadel FM, Stryjewski GR, Kost SI, Nadkarni VM. Perception of realism during mock resuscitations by pediatric housestaff: the impact of simulated physical features. Simul Healthc 2010;5(1):16-20.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3181a46aa1
Gaba DM. Simulations that are challenging to the psyche of participants: how much should we worry and about what? Simul Healthc 2013;8(1):4-7.
https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182845a6f
Hales RL, Rodgers DL. Faculty Development for ECMO simulation instructors. In: Johnston LC, Su L, eds. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: ECMO Simulation. New York: Springer 2021:153-70.
Huang YM, Dongili, T. Simulation Centre Operations. In: Riley EH, ed. Manual of Simulation in Healthcare. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016:29-50.
Rodgers DL. Simulation Operations. In: Soghier L, Robin B, eds. Neonatal Simulation: A Practical Guide. Itasca, IL.: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2021:395-413.
Rudolph JW, Simon R, Raemer DB. Which reality matters? Questions on the path to high engagement in healthcare simulation. Simul Healthc 2007;2(3):161-3. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e31813d1035
Sinz E. Simulation for Anesthesiology Milestones. Int Anesthesiol Clin 2015;53(4):23-41. https://doi.org/10.1097/AIA.0000000000000071
Truog RD, Meyer EC. Deception and death in medical simulation. Simul Healthc 2013;8(1):1-3. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182869fc2