Roya Yumul and Russell Metcalfe-Smith

Roya Yumul, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of anesthesiology at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and co-director of the Women’s Guild Simulation Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Russell Metcalfe-Smith is the manager of the Women's Guild Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Skills at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He can be reached by email at russell.metcalfesmith@cshs.org.

Articles by Roya Yumul and Russell Metcalfe-Smith

• Reducing the need to suspend reality through innovation

  Tuesday, December 16, 2014

  Medical simulation participants often struggle to connect with human patient simulators, which may in part detract participants from achieving learning objectives. Significant effort is placed into setting the scene for participants, allowing them to explore the simulators and environments, and emphasizing the use of good practices associated with simulation education.