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REVIEW ARTICLE
Simulation-based education in health care as a response to lifestyle diseases: canMEDS competency approach
Katarzyna Zalewska 1
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Jakub Zalewski 1
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Joanna Grzesik-Gąsior 1
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Edyta Kwilosz 1
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Dawid Obłój 2
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Matuesz Ptak 2
 
 
 
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State University of Applied Sciences in Krosno, Poland
 
2
Institute of Health Sciences, University of Opole, Poland
 
 
Submission date: 2025-03-07
 
 
Final revision date: 2025-07-27
 
 
Acceptance date: 2025-08-21
 
 
Online publication date: 2026-09-18
 
 
Corresponding author
Katarzyna Zalewska   

State University of Applied Sciences in Krosno
 
 
 
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KEYWORDS
patient
simulation
quality of care
civilisation diseases
 
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ABSTRACT
There is scientific evidence in the literature confirming the effectiveness of simulation in healthcare as a tool that influences the quality of healthcare and patient safety. Due to the rapidly changing model of service provision in the healthcare system, both service providers and recipients of care face an additional challenge, which is to keep up with the latest standards of care. The CanMEDS framework indicates the skills needed by healthcare workers to provide high-quality care. It is worth implementing education based on simulation, and improving skills in the field of early detection of lifestyle diseases based on the CanMEDS framework will create the opportunity to provide care at the highest possible level, which will directly translate into the efficiency and effectiveness of care.
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