title: [Simulation in medicine. The situation in Mexico].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical simulation has added new possibilities to the classical tools used for the teaching of medicine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowing the advantages of the use of simulators in medical training allows us to understand the need that exists to be updated in this issue that is rapidly developing. In this manuscript we review the impact of medical error in patient safety and the learning curve in medicine.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Use of medical simulation in teaching presents multiple benefits, and its scope reaches physicians and surgeons, students and nonmedical personnel. Mexico has been incorporating simulation centers in health institutions and universities.
authors: Centro de Desarrollo de Destrezas Médicas. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico, DF, Mexico.
authors: Juan Carlos
authors: JC
authors: Serna-Ojeda
authors: Delia
authors: D
authors: Borunda-Nava
authors: Guillermo
authors: G
authors: Domínguez-Cherit
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D008800:Mexico