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Advances in Simulation Template

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About the Advances in Simulation format

Advances in Simulation is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, Innovations in Medical Education, Patient Safety and Medication Errors. Over its lifetime it has published 458 papers, which have received 9,450 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Advances in Simulation. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare Innovations in Medical Education Patient Safety and Medication Errors Surgical Simulation and Training Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
ISSN2059-0628
Citation impact (2-yr)4.58
h-index49
i10-index202
Article processing charge$1,827
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereCopenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation
Journal websitelink.springer.com
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Papers published in Advances in Simulation per year

32
2016
26
2017
28
2018
30
2019
33
2020
44
2021
43
2022
32
2023
56
2024
70
2025

Citation impact of Advances in Simulation by publication year

2.1K
2016
1.7K
2017
765
2018
744
2019
982
2020
883
2021
997
2022
341
2023
525
2024
278
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Advances in Simulation

The Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) Standards of Best Practice (SOBP)

Karen Lewis, Carrie Bohnert, Wendy L. Gammon et al. · 27 Jun 2017

In this paper, we define the Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) Standards of Best Practice (SOBP) for those working with human role players who interact with learners in a wide range of experiential learning and assessment contexts. These human role players are variously described by such terms as standardized/simulated patients or simulated participants (SP…

Reporting guidelines for health care simulation research: extensions to the CONSORT and STROBE statements

Adam Cheng, David Kessler, Ralph MacKinnon et al. · 1 Jan 2016

BACKGROUND: Simulation-based research (SBR) is rapidly expanding but the quality of reporting needs improvement. For a reader to critically assess a study, the elements of the study need to be clearly reported. Our objective was to develop reporting guidelines for SBR by creating extensions to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) and Strengthening the…

Validation of educational assessments: a primer for simulation and beyond

David A. Cook, Rose Hatala · 1 Jan 2016

BACKGROUND: Simulation plays a vital role in health professions assessment. This review provides a primer on assessment validation for educators and education researchers. We focus on simulation-based assessment of health professionals, but the principles apply broadly to other assessment approaches and topics. KEY PRINCIPLES: Validation refers to the process of collecting validity evidence to evaluate…

Issues of cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness for simulation in health professions education

Stephen Maloney, Terry Haines · 1 Jan 2016

BACKGROUND: Simulation education can be costly-however, costs need to be considered against what you get in return to determine whether these costs are justified. Unfortunately in simulation education, evaluations that yield information about the return on investment are scarce. An economic evaluation provides a comparison of value. In short-what is it that is being obtained,…

Translational simulation: not ‘where?’ but ‘why?’ A functional view of in situ simulation

Victoria Brazil · 19 Oct 2017

Healthcare simulation has been widely adopted for health professional education at all stages of training and practice and across cognitive, procedural, communication and teamwork domains. Recent enthusiasm for in situ simulation-delivered in the real clinical environment-cites improved transfer of knowledge and skills into real-world practice, as well as opportunities to identify latent safety threats and…

Advances in Simulation template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Advances in Simulation use?
Advances in Simulation uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Advances in Simulation. 2023;12(3):45–58.
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BMC / BioMed Central journal. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by BMC (BioMed Central).
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