OTHER USES

Other unique applications of simulators have surfaced. Some centers use simulators for conducting "outreach" programs with high-school or college students interested in health care. Simulators have been used to help produce educational videotapes on various patient safety issues. It has even been suggested that a "Legislator Day" could be held in a simulator center to familiarize legislators with the demands of dynamic patient care.

Simulators have been used as adjuncts in medicolegal proceedings. ^[150] Current patient simulators cannot predict the exact physiologic behavior of a specific patient, but they can be used to illustrate typical perioperative situations and the role of different monitors and therapeutic actions and provide context for the patient management questions of the litigation.