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The Role Of Simulation In Mixed-Methods Research: A Framework & Application To Patient Safety, Jeanne-Marie Guise, Matthew Hansen, William E. Lambert, Kerth O'Brien

Psychology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Research in patient safety is an important area of health services research and is a national priority. It is challenging to investigate rare occurrences, explore potential causes, and account for the complex, dynamic context of healthcare - yet all are required in patient safety research. Simulation technologies have become widely accepted as education and clinical tools, but have yet to become a standard tool for research.

Methods: We developed a framework for research that integrates accepted patient safety models with mixed- methods research approaches and describe the performance of the framework in a working example of a large …