Book description
This edited book is divided into three parts: Fundamentals of Medical
and Health Sciences Modeling and Simulation introduces modeling and
simulation in the medical and health sciences; Medical and Health
Sciences Models provides the theoretical underpinnings of medical and
health sciences modeling; and Modeling and Simulation Applications in
Medical and Health Sciences focuses on teaching, training, and research
applications. The book begins with a general discussion of modeling and
simulation from the modeling and simulation discipline perspective. This
discussion grounds the reader in common terminology. It also relates
this terminology to concepts found in the medical and health care (MHC)
area to help bridge the gap between developers and MHC practitioners.
Three distinct modes of modeling and simulation are described: live,
constructive, and virtual. The live approach explains the concept of
using real (live) people employing real equipment for training
purposes. The constructive mode is a means of
engaging
medical modeling and simulation. In constructive simulation, simulated
people and simulated equipment are developed to augment real-world
conditions for training or experimentation purposes. The virtual mode
is perhaps the most fascinating as virtual operating rooms and synthetic
training environments are being produced for practitioners and educators
at break-neck speed. In this mode, real people are employing simulated
equipment to improve physical skills and decision-making ability.
John A. Sokolowski
, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and
Simulation Center (VMASC) at Old Dominion University, where he is also
Associate Professor of Modeling and Simulation Engineering. He is the
coeditor of Principles of Modeling and Simulation: A Multidisciplinary
Approach and Modeling and Simulation Fundamentals: Theoretical
Underpinnings and Practical Domains and coauthor of Modeling and
Simulation for Analyzing Global Events, all published by Wiley.
Catherine M. Banks, PhD, is Research Associate Professor at
VMASC. She is the coeditor of Principles of Modeling and Simulation: A
Multidisciplinary Approach and Modeling and Simulation Fundamentals:
Theoretical Underpinnings and Practical Domains and the coauthor of
Modeling and Simulation for Analyzing Global Events.
