Across our hospital, clinical teams are gaining valuable experience and insight through simulated scenarios, whether they are role playing with actors or using high-fidelity mannequins."It's all about practising
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High-fidelity mannequins, like the family above, are used in simulations at North York General Hospital.
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and honing skills so that when a challenge presents itself in reality, we've been there so many times our reactions are like clockwork," says
Karen Fleming,
Clinical Nurse Educator in Paediatrics and Simulation Project Lead.
Dr. Rick Penciner
, Director of Medical Education and the Centre for Education, says simulations are part of the overall culture of learning at our hospital, a focus that benefits both patients and professionals alike.