Simulation Specialists: setting the stage for a new role for Respiratory Therapists in education?

Simulation education utilizes simulated patients and environments to enhance learning, confidence, critical thinking, and communication skills, preparing learners for clinical practice [1, 2]. Immersive simulation requires learners to engage in scenarios as if they were occurring in the real world; thus, it is important that environments, procedures, and patient simulators are as realistic and comprehensive as possible [3]