title: The current state of medical simulation in interventional cardiology: a clinical document from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention's (SCAI) Simulation Committee.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the current use and application of simulators in interventional cardiology.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Despite a paucity of data on the efficacy of simulation in medicine, cardiovascular simulation training is now a mandated part of cardiovascular fellowship training. Additionally, simulators have been endorsed by the Food and Drug Administration as a way to teach physicians new and novel procedures. We sought to establish the current use of simulators in cardiovascular medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review was done of available training programs, and currently existing data regarding simulation training. A panel of experts was convened to review this data and provide recommendations as how simulation should be used in the field of interventional cardiology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This document provides a comprehensive review of the current state of simulation and how we as a society must formulate well validated studies to more closely examine and explore how this technology can be further studied and validated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simulation will likely take on a larger role in cardiovascular training and maintenance of certification, but at the current time lacks a large body of evidence for its use.
authors.affiliation: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Sandy M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pancholy
authors.forename: Sunil V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lipner
authors.forename: Jeffery
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Messenger
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000193:education; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*
keywords: angiography coronary; intervention; percutaneous coronary; transradial cath; valvular heart disease; vascular access complications