Improving the Quality of Evaluation Data in Simulation-Based Healthcare Improvement Projects: A Practitioner's Guide to Choosing and Using Published Measurement Tools.

Simulation is increasingly being used in healthcare improvement projects. The aims of such projects can be extremely diverse. Accordingly, the outcomes or participant attributes that need to be measured can vary dramatically from project-to-project and may include a wide range of nontechnical skills, technical skills, and psychological constructs.

From bartending interruptions to medication delivery interruptions: Managing the risks of a high-fidelity simulation study with pilot research.

In this paper we describe the risks of complex applied research, especially in work domains where professional practitioners are scarce. For such research, careful preparation and piloting is needed, especially when estimating sample size is required for a full study. However, such pilot work may reduce the potential sample size for the full study.