From manifestos to praxis: developing criticality in healthcare simulation

Abstract

Correspondence to Dr Nancy McNaughton, Centre for Learning, Innovation and Simulation, Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, Toronto, ON M5T 1V4, Canada;nmcnaughton565@gmail com Introduction The authors of ‘a manifesto for healthcare simulation practice’ have crafted a call to action for the healthcare simulation community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic 1 They rightly point to the unprecedented disruption and chaos that this crisis has wrought in our personal lives, our societies and most acutely in healthcare Within the manifesto, simulationists are being called to incorporate ‘a more comprehensive understanding of healthcare simulation beyond tool, technique or experience and instead recognise it as a professional practice’ with attendant responsibilities and accountabilities 1 These responsibilities include ‘adopting a commitment to comprehensive safety, to advocate collaboratively and lead ethically ’ By virtue of our location within health professional education contexts, standardised patients or more broadly simulated participants, (SPs) and simulationists negotiate a number of complex power relations Modern healthcare is complex, challenging and at times unpredictable [ ]it is important that we equip health professionals with skills to navigate and tolerate such complexities