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Importance of Topic to Practice
For several decades, simulation-based training has been used in health professional and non-health professional disciplines as a tool for enhancing learning (1-14). Simulation is a teaching technique that can “replace or amplify real experiences in guided experiences that evoke or replicate substantial aspects of the real world in an interactive manner” (15). The effectiveness of simulations in enhancing the learning and confidence of students and interns in