Abstract :
The purpose of this research is to investigate the opinions, perceptions, and experiences of academic faculty in medical schools about using medical simulations in medical education. The research data were collected using semi-structured interview technique in qualitative data collection method and analyzed employing thematic analyses. The analysis of the data revealed that the main reasons using simulations in medical education are to support theoretical knowledge with visuals and practical tools, to retention of transferred knowledge, to grab attention, to make safe observations, to make practical applications and to assess student performance. Reasons for academic faculties who are not prefer using simulations in their classes are the lack of technological infrastructure, the cost of the necessary software, lack of innovative mindset, lack of well-trained staff, lack of Turkish software, lack of time, lack of accessible medical simulations, lack of transferring skills into a reality and distracting feature of simulations.
