Use of system dynamics modeling in medical education and research projects

Božikov, Jadranka and Relić, Danko and Deželić, Đuro (2018) Use of system dynamics modeling in medical education and research projects. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 247. pp. 830-834. ISSN 0926-9630

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The paper reviews experiences and accomplishments in application of system dynamics modeling in education, training and research projects at the Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, a branch of the Zagreb University School of Medicine, Croatia. A number of simulation models developed over the past 40 years are briefly described with regard to real problems concerned, objectives and modeling methods and techniques used. Many of them have been developed as the individual students' projects as a part of their graduation, MSc or PhD theses and subsequently published in journals or conference proceedings. Some of them were later used in teaching and simulation training. System dynamics modeling proved to be not only powerful method for research and decision making but also a useful tool in medical and nursing education enabling better understanding of dynamic systems' behavior.

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