Adam I. Levine • Samuel DeMaria Jr.
Andrew D. Schwartz • Alan J. Sim
Editors
2013
While simulation in general is probably prehistoric and a recent review traces crude elements of simulation for healthcare purposes back thousands of years, in many respects the modern era of simulation in healthcare is only about 25–30 years old. Much has happened in those years. There are no de fi nitive metrics for growth of this endeavor. In fact, experts still debate aspects of terminology, and even what quali fi es as a “simulation” differs greatly among those in the fi eld. Looking just at the last decade’s growth of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) is instructive of what has happened in this period. Whereas in 2004 the SSH had just under 200 members, in 2012 it has over 3,000 members. Similar growth has occurred in the attendance at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) and other simulation meetings (nearly 3,000 attendees at the 2012 IMSH conference).