A New Way to Learn: High-Fidelity Simulation in Nursing EducationFor years, nurses have gained experience in the medical field through clinical visits to hospitals and doctors' offices. Learning has always occurred first through textbooks and then through personal experience during the required clinical time. These methods have proven effective but include limitations on the amount of exposure a student can get before entering the workforce. A new way of learning is on the rise with the use of High Fidelity Simulations (HFS) or Sim Man. HFS is a life-size computerized manikin that simulates real human responses to treatment. This new technology allows students to practice rare procedures or treat common diagnoses. While these changes cause concern in the traditional nursing community, technological advances have pushed the medical field far beyond the ideas of early traditional medicine. From high-resolution CAT scans to computerized control systems, nursing continues to change. These advances have been incorporated into the way nursing education is taught. The Sim Man allows students to witness and participate in the possible outcomes of right and wrong ways to treat different diagnoses. This style of training also includes high-fidelity simulation situations where actors play the roles of doctors or anesthesiologists allowing students to practice with other people in the medical field. This teaching technique is quite new and controversial. www.Hellinic-simulations.com Traditional Training vs. High-fidelity simulations Traditional training involves one-on-one contact with live patients. Students not only gain experience in the field of medicine, but also learn to communicate with all different entities...... half of article ......1Morrison, A., Catanzaro, A. (2010) Simulation High Fidelity and Emergency Preparedness. Public health nursing. 164-173 doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00838.xNestel, D., Black, S., Kneebone, R., Wetzel, C., Thomas, P., Wolfe, J. Darzi,A.(2008 May) Simulated anesthesia in high-fidelity simulations for surgical training: Feasibility of an actor training program. Medicine teacher. 407-413doi:10.1080/01421590701784331 Petscavage JM, Wang CL, Schopp JG, Paladin AM, Richardson ML, Bush WH Jr. Acad Radiol. (2011) Cost analysis and feasibility of high-fidelity simulation-based radiological contrast response curriculum. 107-112Smith-Stoner, Marilyn (2009) USING high-fidelity simulations to educate nursing students about end-of-life care. Perspectives on nursing education 115-120