Table 1 Exploring translational simulation in practice-examples

Responding to COVID-19

Modified guidelines and processes for cardiac arrest, airway management, maternity care, patient triage when healthcare resources were overwhelmed.

Testing novel devices for ‘COVID safe’ procedures.

Testing clinical processes

Optimizing airway emergency cart design.

Reducing time to intervention for stroke and myocardial infarction patients.

Reducing time to transfer to the operating theatre.

Improved multidisciplinary response to paediatric anaphylaxis.

Designing physical infrastructure

New building design

Human-centred device/equipment design

Building teams, shaping culture and relationships

Major trauma care, operating theatre teams, maternity emergencies

Identifying ‘latent social threats’.

Building rituals for team-based performance reflection.

Supporting healthcare improvement

Exploring and shaping the context of care

Research test bed