Computer- and Web-Based Simulators and Virtual Environments

Anesthesiology education is still primarily an apprenticeship; trainees practice in the real world on patients, under the supervision of a senior anesthesiologist. With the invention of the computer and cost-effective creation of computer-based simulations, primary education of the anesthesiology student now involves digital lectures, online lecture materials, videos, and realistic simulation. The pioneers of medical simulation arose from the field of anesthesiology, and from the beginning, patient safety has been the primary driver of simulation (Cooper and Taqueti Postgrad Med J 84:563–570, 2008; Lampotang J Crit Care 23:173–178, 2008; Ventre and Schwid Anonymous the comprehensive textbook of healthcare simulation, Springer Verlag, DE 2013). A particular challenge of anesthesiology computer-based simulation is not only to impart knowledge to the learner but to be able to measure this impact by improving the learner’s performance, ultimately resulting in improved patient outcomes.

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