Variation and adaptation: learning from success in patient safety-oriented simulation training (31 October 2017)

Summary

Simulation is traditionally used to reduce errors and their negative consequences. But according to modern safety theories, this focus overlooks the learning potential of the positive performance, which is much more common than errors.

The authors of this article describe the learning from success (LFS) approach to simulation and debriefing. Drawing on several theoretical frameworks, they suggest supplementing the widespread deficit-oriented, corrective approach to simulation with an approach that focuses on systematically understanding how good performance is produced in frequent simulation scenarios.