Emerging Role of Drills and Simulations in Patient Safety

Abstract

Ensuring patient safety and optimizing outcomes in obstetrics and gynecology through improving technical skills, enhancing team performance, and decreasing medical errors has resulted in significant interest in incorporating drills and simulation into medical training, continuing education, and multidisciplinary team practice. Drills and simulations are ideal because of their wide range of application with various learners and settings. They provide a safe space to learn and maintain technical skills and to improve knowledge, confidence, communication, and teamwork behaviors, particularly for less common, high-stakes clinical scenarios.

Keywords: Drills and simulations in gynecology; Drills and simulations in obstetrics; Drills and simulations in patient safety in gynecology; Drills and simulations in patient safety in obstetrics.