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SimXJanuary 8, 2026How to Successfully Orient Clinical Learners to SimX Virtual Reality
The integration of Virtual Reality (VR) into pre- and post-licensure nursing education is transforming how we prepare future healthcare professionals.…
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DebriefingAugust 12, 2024What is Healthcare Simulation Participant Trauma and Why Does This Matter?
Participant trauma in healthcare simulation can occur when clinical simulation is not delivered in a psychologically safe foundation and structure.…
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Simulation ScenariosAugust 28, 2024
How to Run the Very First Scenario for Educators New to Clinical Simulation
For a new clinical simulation educator, facilitating their first clinical simulation scenario in a new career and role can be…
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FacilitationJuly 31, 2024
How to Make Healthcare Simulation an Emotional Experience
Clinical simulation is an incredibly powerful learning modality. One or more positive healthcare simulation learning experiences can be transformational across…
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DebriefingJuly 31, 2024
How to Overcome Unexpected Learner Behavior in Healthcare Simulation Debriefs
The healthcare simulation debrief, if performed to a high standard, can often be an incredibly vulnerable space for both healthcare…
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DebriefingSeptember 2, 2024
How to Listen Effectively in Healthcare Simulation Debriefing
To listen to participants in all healthcare simulation environments is critical, including presentations, healthcare simulation scenarios or debrief. Listening to…
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Pre-BriefingSeptember 14, 2024The Effect of Prebriefing Checklists in Clinical Simulation
Over the past few decades, simulation has emerged as an important learning and training methodology across various fields, which includes…
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Pre-BriefingSeptember 2, 2024Healthcare Simulation Scenarios: Why Preparation is Essential for Learners
Before a healthcare simulation experience, learners may ask, “What are we doing today?” The unknown, coupled with the desire to…
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CredentialingDecember 8, 2025INACSL Awards New Healthcare Simulation Standards Endorsement
The International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL) recently established a Healthcare Simulation Standards Endorsement to recognize healthcare…
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DebriefingAugust 22, 2024How to Use the Reflective Pause in Clinical Simulation Debriefing to Maximize Learner Engagement
Timothy C. Clapper. PhD, Director of Education and Assistant Professor of Education in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine NewYork-Presbyterian Simulation…
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DebriefingAugust 22, 2024Gather – Analyze – Summarize: The Simple GAS Method for Healthcare Simulation Debriefing (w/ Quick Template)
Healthcare Simulation is divided into three stages, prebriefing, simulation scenario and debriefing. Simulation links theory to practice by means of…
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MoulageSeptember 5, 2024
Mayo Clinic Moulage Video Shares the Art of Making Simulated Patients Real, Plus Upcoming Instructor Courses!
Amy Lannen, Simulation Center Operations Specialist at the Medical Education Simulation Center at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville was recently featured…
