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Virtual RealityApril 21, 2025VR Cybersickness in Healthcare Simulation: Causes, Consequences, and Countermeasures
Virtual reality (VR) technology has transformed various industries which includes healthcare and medical education, to allow professionals to practice skills…
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Scenario DesignApril 16, 2025How to Write Healthcare Simulation Learning Objectives
Learning objectives are an incredibly important foundational consideration for any healthcare simulation event. This may seem like an incredibly basic…
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FacilitationJune 9, 2025
Overcoming Common Challenges in Guidance of Healthcare Simulation Educators
Healthcare simulation facilitation is full of numerous challenges for both clinical simulation facilitators and also participants. Healthcare simulation is incredibly…
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Professional DevelopmentMarch 28, 2025Why Self Care for Healthcare Simulation Educators Matters
In the clinical healthcare environment, difficult emotions can be viewed as bad. Safe clinical environments are not possible without difficult…
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Scenario DesignJuly 25, 2025
How to Design Unfolding Simulation Scenarios to Foster Critical Thinking Skills in Pre-Licensure Nursing Students
Pre-licensure nursing students can significantly benefit from simulation experiences that integrate unfolding case scenarios. These scenarios provide students with a…
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OperationsMarch 25, 2025How to Navigate Vendor Interactions: A Guide for Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialists
Healthcare simulation operations specialists regularly face the challenge to stay current with new products and technologies and manage vendor relationships.…
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Scenario DesignMarch 27, 2025
Free Allied Health Simulation Scenarios
Medical simulation extends beyond nursing and medical training to encompass a broad spectrum of allied health disciplines. From Emergency Medical…
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PediatricMarch 21, 2025Important Tips for Developing Pediatric Surgical Simulation Scenarios
Pediatric surgical simulation scenarios can be incredibly effective with effort to specific and well thought out moulage for maximal impact.…
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DebriefingMarch 20, 2025
Balancing Clinician Cognitive Load Management with Healthcare Simulation
Cognitive load has a crucial role in healthcare simulation and influences how all clinicians process and retain information in clinical…
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DebriefingMarch 18, 2025Meta Debrief Club Feedback Advances Healthcare Simulation Debriefing Skills
The Meta-Debrief Club (MDC) is a new and innovative approach designed to enhance the quality and effectiveness of debriefing practices…
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PersonnelMarch 13, 2025
How to Become Remotivated as a Clinical Simulation Educator
Motivation for healthcare simulation educators can wane at different parts of the calendar year in the workplace for a variety…
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ModalityMarch 11, 2025Hybrid Simulation in Healthcare Education: Realism Through Combined Approaches
In healthcare simulation, certain scenarios demand more than traditional manikin-based approaches to achieve optimal learning outcomes. Hybrid simulation, which combines…
