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Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare

Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare is a research topic within Physiology. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1955. 20.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of simulation-based techniques in medical education and training. It covers topics such as high-fidelity simulations, debriefing, clinical judgment, team training, mastery learning, patient safety, non-technical skills, and virtual patients.

  • Simulation
  • Medical Education
  • Debriefing
  • Clinical Judgment
  • High-Fidelity Simulations
  • Team Training
  • Mastery Learning
  • Patient Safety
  • Non-Technical Skills
  • Virtual Patients
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1955
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+49%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (2.1k and 450 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.1k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 450 works
  3. 3 China 375 works
  4. 4 Canada 340 works
  5. 5 Australia 291 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 208 works
  7. 7 India 196 works
  8. 8 South Korea 191 works
  9. 9 Brazil 185 works
  10. 10 Germany 184 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 46.9%United Kingdom: 9.9%China: 8.2%Canada: 7.4%6 others listed: 27.5%47%largest
United States2,139 · 46.9%United Kingdom450 · 9.9%China375 · 8.2%Canada340 · 7.4%6 others listed1,255 · 27.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Toronto publishes the most Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare research, followed by University of Michigan and Monash University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Toronto Canada 25 works
  2. 2 University of Michigan United States 23 works
  3. 3 Monash University Australia 22 works
  4. 4 The Ohio State University United States 22 works
  5. 5 Apple (Israel) Israel 20 works
  6. 6 University of Pennsylvania United States 18 works
  7. 7 Harvard University United States 17 works
  8. 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 17 works
  9. 9 Stanford University United States 17 works
  10. 10 University of Calgary Canada 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare include Ole Mors and Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer.

  1. 1 Ole Mors 2.3k citations
  2. 2 Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer 2.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare research done?

The largest centres of Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Herzliya.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 111 works
  2. 2 New York United States 86 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 74 works
  4. 4 Toronto Canada 71 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 67 works
  6. 6 Philadelphia United States 66 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 63 works
  8. 8 Singapore Singapore 49 works
  9. 9 Baltimore United States 47 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Türkiye 46 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HerzliyaIL · 20.1 works29×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare?

Among universities, judged by research, Iranshahr University, National University of Singapore and Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 27.89%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Iranshahr University: 13, 33.9%National University of Singapore: 13, 48.5%Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation: 9, 23.3%University of South-Eastern Norway: 11, 28.9%Monash University: 22, 30.2%University of Stavanger: 11, 21.7%Griffith University: 14, 20.6%Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 14, 13.2%Duke University: 14, 20.4%Deakin University: 9, 38.2%National University …Iranshahr UniversityUniversity of South-…Copenhagen Academy f…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Iranshahr University Iran 69.833.9%23.8×13 +215.7%
2National University of Singapore Singapore 61.148.5%1.9×13 +242.8%
3Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation Denmark 59.623.3%300.1×9 +400.7%
4University of South-Eastern Norway Norway 56.028.9%16.8×11
5Monash University Australia 53.630.2%4.0×22 +37.2%
6University of Stavanger Norway 52.921.7%12.2×11 +50.8%
7Griffith University Australia 51.320.6%5.2×14 +343.3%
8Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences United States 48.813.2%23.4×14 +39.2%
9Duke University United States 45.020.4%3.1×14 +196.5%
10Deakin University Australia 44.838.2%2.9×9 +139.7%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.