The global pool of simulation exercise materials in health emergency preparedness and response: a scoping review with a health system perspective

McDarby, Geraldine; Reynolds, Lindy; Zibwowa, Zandile; Syed, Shams; Kelley, Ed; Saikat, Sohel

In general, materials identified were from countries with developed capacities for emergency preparedness and response-materials from other settings may not have percolated the literature and may not have an institutional home where materials are placed. However, the inclusion of institutions known to support SimEx within low income settings is likely to reduce the impact of the bias towards high-income countries within the findings of the work. The exclusion of non-English materials has the potential to introduce a cultural bias, although materials in the review included materials from most continents (North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia). The extent of any cultural bias is therefore limited, and unlikely to affect the findings of the work.