The Eagle Simulator for Training Anaesthesia Students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

This is the Eagle simulator used for training anaesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Simulation has many natural advantages in medical education: it enables learners to practice clinical and communication skills and to integrate those skills; it enables them to practise and rehearse as often as they like; it enables them to practice in interdisciplinary teams. According to Ian Curran, the ‘huge benefit of simulation is that it shifts the steep and dangerous part of the learning curve away from patients’ ( ² ). Simulation also enables learners to practice their skills in a learning environment that is safe for themselves as well as for patients.