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| NARRATIVE REVIEW |
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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 171-174 |
Medical simulation: A virtual world at your doorstep
SN Oak
Vice-Chancellor, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. S N Oak
Vice-Chancellor, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
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PMID: 24823516 
Medical simulation has come a long way in Western health care; however, in developing world, health education sectors have not adequately addressed its significance and role in preparing and updating heath care personnel. Validification, standardization, paucity of trainers, deficiency of a structured syllabus, and cost of equipments need to be overcome in the next decade. Despite these problems, worldwide acceptance of the concept of medical simulation is growing. It is undoubtedly the wave of future. Multidisciplinary, interprofessional, and multimodal simulation training is possible. Virtual worlds are increasing the vistas of training, making the actual health care dispensing more skilled and safe.
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