• Carolina Felipe Soares Brandão, Ellen Cristina Bergamasco, Gabriela Furst Vaccarezza, Maria Luiza Ferreira de Barba, Enrico Ferreira Martins de Andrade, and Dario Cecilio-Fernandes.
• Universidade Municipal de São Caetano, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratório de Simulação - São Caetano do Sul (SP), Brazil.
• Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2021 Jan 1; 67Suppl 1 (Suppl 1): 12-17.

IntroductionThe challenge of facing COVID-19 falls under all health care structures, and without specific training to health care professionals they are probably the professionals with the highest level of exposure. Regardless of the level of health care, the training of professionals aims to optimize resources and attend patients while assuring quality and security.Point Of ViewThis report proposes simulation training for health care professionals to update professionals for attending patients during the pandemic. This training was built with five simulated stations, considering different stages of a patient with COVID-19. This report takes advantage of different simulation techniques, such as skills training, standardized patient, medium- and high-fidelity simulator, rapid cycle of deliberate practice, and in situ simulation.DiscussionMedical procedures for COVID-19 patients offer additional risk for health care professionals, especially considering exposure to procedures that generate aerosols, such as compression, mask ventilation, and orotracheal intubation. Thus, finding educational strategies that allow training is essential to simulate the evolution of COVID-19 patients in a safe manner.ConclusionSimulation has proven to be a useful and effective form of training around the world for training health teams on the front lines for patient care in COVID-19.

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