Simulation, Systems, and the Future of Surgical Care
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Explores how simulation is bridging the gap between theory and practice in healthcare, helping teams build skills, improve decision-making, and prepare for real-world scenarios.
Highlights the importance of collaboration across disciplines and sectors, bringing together educators, clinicians, and innovators to strengthen patient care and system design.
Emphasizes why innovation in surgical care is about much more than just introducing a new device or technology.
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Tara Klassen joins host Lisa George on the Advancing Healthcare Through Simulation Podcast to discuss why innovation in surgical care is about much more than introducing a new device or technology. It is about understanding what that innovation makes possible across the entire continuum of care, from referral and diagnostics through the operating room, inpatient recovery, and into community and home care. She also makes a compelling case for simulation as a core tool in innovation, not just for training, but for testing, validating, and scaling new approaches across both urban and rural settings.
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