Background: There is no significant historical information regarding collaboration between medical simulation departments and libraries. In the development of a series of new scenarios for medical students, Medical Simulation Leadership and Library Leadership have partnered together to develop an interprofessional workflow for the institution.
Description: The checklist for creating a high quality medical simulation scenario is known as the Duke Template (part of the Intellectual Property Commons): a protocol introduced by Duke University that has become the gold standard for medical simulation creation in immersive clinical settings. Medical Simulation Leadership and Library Leadership seek to proactively address a dearth of access by faculty scenario creators to refer to all assets available to them at their institutions. The creation of a modification to the Duke Template, one that includes the consultation of a librarian when developing student resources for clinical scenarios for simulation, has been introduced and will be a part of the checklist moving forward.
Conclusion: The collaboration will keep account of deliverables from the consultation with the librarian, which will be recorded by both Medical Simulation and Library leadership on this novel partnership.