[Berliner Simulations training (BeST)--the concept of anesthesia simulation]

Within recent years patient safety has become increasingly important. Within US hospitals more than 98.000 deaths have been reported annually due to medical errors, more than 80 % due to preventable mistakes. To improve patient safety it is therefore important to develop training tools, which center on the complexity of preventable mistakes, analyze underlying factors and eventually train to deal with them. Since the Berlin Simulation training was founded in 1997 it focused on the internationally accepted "global approach" based on three phases of briefing, simulation and debriefing. It concentrates on the reasons of preventable mistakes and their interaction. Problem solving strategies and the application of NTS ( planing, management, teamwork and communication) and TS (sound scientific knowledge and abilities) are practiced under the supervision of experienced trainers. The goal is to provide insight into the cascades of error and terminate them, to ultimately increase patient safety and provider satisfaction.