title: Writing Technical Reports for Simulation in Education for Health Professionals: Suggested Guidelines.
abstract: Simulation is an important training tool used in a variety of influential fields. However, development of simulation scenarios - the key component of simulation - occurs in isolation; sharing of scenarios is almost non-existent. This can make simulation use a costly task in terms of the resources and time and the possible redundancy of efforts. To alleviate these issues, the goal is to strive for an open communication of practice (CoP) surrounding simulation. To facilitate this goal, this report describes a set of guidelines for writing technical reports about simulation use for educating health professionals. Using an accepted set of guidelines will allow for homogeneity when building simulation scenarios and facilitate open sharing among simulation users. In addition to optimizing simulation efforts in institutions that are currently using simulation as an educational tool, the development of such a repository may have direct implications on developing countries, where simulation is only starting to be used systematically. Our project facilitates equivalent and global access to information, knowledge, and highest-caliber education - in this context, simulation - collectively, the building blocks of optimal healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Memorial University of Newfoundland ; Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubrowski
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland ; Oncology, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alani
authors.affiliation: Clinical Learning and Simulation Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bankovic
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crowe
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland ; Clinical Learning and Simulation Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pollard
keywords: guidelines; simulation; simulation based medical education