[edited by] Richard R. Kyle, Jr., and W. Bosseau Murray
1st ed
Boston :
Academic Press,
2008
xxv, 821 p. :
ill. ;
29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Why simulate? -- What's in it for me -- How to fit in while standing out -- Curriculum: planning for success -- The best form follows the essential functions -- Functional forms at the institutional size -- Functional forms at the state and nation size -- The big picture: sum of many smaller views -- Make your own -- Buy from others -- Funding, funding is what makes simulation go on -- Hybrid vigor: the simulation professional -- Good answers start from good questions -- Simulation scenario: telling the story, discussing the story -- Location, location, location -- Move the learning, not the learners -- We teach in the style that we learn -- Assessment: why, what and how -- Tricks of the trade -- Rehearsing is the basis of all learning -- Expect the unexpected -- Borrow success