PURPOSE High-fidelity simulation training is effective for learning crisis resource management (CRM) skills, but cost is a major barrier to implementing high-fidelity simulation training into the curriculum. The aim of this study was to examine the cost-effectiveness of self-debriefing and traditional instructor debriefing in CRM training programs and to calculate the minimum willingness-to-pay...

Daily operations onboard ships are very challenging due to man–machine interactions. To improve daily operational safety and prevent losses machinery breakdown, effective risk management techniques need be developed, considering various environmental factors affecting the seafarers' performance. The current study explains comparison between simulation conventional classroom training enhance in ...

Simulation testbeds are important for developing complex systems, such as autonomous oceanographic sampling networks (AOSNs), as they allow the development and testing of control mechanisms without incurring the cost or risk of using real vehicles. Over the past several years, two simulators for AOSNs, CoDA and CADCON, have been developed. The CoDA simulator is a multi-fidelity simulation testb...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Error is ubiquitous in medicine, particularly during critical events and resuscitation. A significant proportion of adverse events can be attributed to inadequate team-based skills such as communication, leadership, situation awareness and resource utilization. Aviation-based crisis resource management (CRM) training using high-fidelity simulation has been proposed as a strate...

This paper describes a single simulation framework to perform interactive cataract surgery simulations. Contributions includes advanced bio-mechanical models and intensive use of modern graphics hardware to provide fast computation times. Surgical devices are replicated and located in a real-time thanks to infrared tracking. Combination of a high-fidelity simulation and actual surgical tools ar...

Confidential enquiries into poor perinatal outcomes have identified deficiencies in team working as a common factor and have recommended team training in the management of obstetric emergencies. Isolated aviation-based team training programmes have not been associated with improved perinatal outcomes when applied to labour ward settings, whereas obstetric-specific training interventions with in...

We argue that objective fidelity evaluation of virtual environments, such as flight simulation, should be human-performance-centred and task-specific rather than measure the match between simulation and physical reality. We show how principled experimental paradigms and behavioural models to quantify human performance in simulated environments that have emerged from research in multisensory per...