Healthcare Simulation Research: A Practical Guide

1.       Introduction to healthcare simulation research

3.       Healthcare simulation research and evaluation

4.      Programs of research in healthcare simulation

5.       Choosing your research topic

6.      Overview of computation modeling, gaming, virtual reality and system level research

7.       Seeking, reviewing and reporting on healthcare simulation literature

8.      Different types of reviews

9.      Introduction to qualitative research in healthcare simulation

11.   Key concepts in qualitative research

12.   Theoretical frameworks in qualitative research

13.   In-depth interviews

14.   Focus groups

15.   Observational data collection

16.   Visual methods (especially video recorded material, semiotics etc.)

17.    Survey and other textual data (often free text from questionnaires; educational materials etc.)

18.   Traditions and approaches; Analysis in practice

20.  Grounded theory coding

21.   Thematic analysis

22.  Content analysis

23.   Naturally occurring data: conversation, discourse and hermeneutic analysis

24.  Introduction to quantitative research in healthcare simulation

25.   Research questions and hypothesis testing

1. Outcome measures and data

28.  Designing, choosing, and using assessment tools in healthcare simulation research

29.  Reliability and validity

1. Other statistical approaches
2. Statistical perspectives
3. Non-parametric tests
4. Power and sample size calculations, effect size estimation
5. Advanced statistical analysis examples

35.<   Introduction to mixed methods research in healthcare simulation

36.   Making use of different data types

37.    Writing a research proposal (also see ethics and funding chapters)

38.   Writing an ethics application

39.   Knowing your strategy prior to submitting

40.  Identifying and applying for funding

41.   Analysis of successful grant applications

42.  Establishing and maintaining multi-site studies in healthcare simulation research

43.   Researcher supervision in healthcare simulation research: Supervisor and supervisee perspectives

44.  Project management in healthcare simulation research

45.   Disseminating healthcare simulation research

46.  Writing for publication

47.   Being a reviewer for research proposals/manuscripts/abstracts

In this section, we share examples of researchers work in the theme of "If I knew then what I know now..." These will be decided later but suggestions welcome.

48.  Case study 1

49.  Case study 2

50.   Case study 3

51.   Case study 4

52.   Case study 5