[Editor’s Note: In the Spring issue of the APSF Newsletter, the authorship of the extensive article on the use of anesthesia simulators around the world was indicated, but the identifying demographic information on the authors was not included, nor was the list of cooperating institutions.] Accordingly, the authors were:

Yasuhiro Shimada, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine

Kimitoshi Nishiwaki, MD Chief, Department of Anesthesia, Nagoya First Red Cross| Hospital, and Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine

Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD Director, Partners Biomedical Engineering Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Associate Professor of Anaesthesia Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital

Also, Dr. Shimada would like to acknowledge the cooperation of all of the respondents to the survey. They are as follows:

In Japan:

Keio University Hospital Tokyo Women’s College of Medicine Hamamatsu Medical College Akita University Medical School Kyushu University School of Medicine Tsukuba University School of Medicine Saga University Medical School

In the USA:

Center for Medical Simulation (Boston) University of Florida University of North Carolina University of Rochester Palo Alto VA Center, Stanford University Santa Fe Community College Respiratory Care and Surgical Technology Division Medical College of Georgia Nursing Anesthesia Program US Army Nurse Anesthesia Program

In Canada:

Canadian Simulation Center St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto