Transitioning Child Health Clinical Content From Direct Care to Online Instruction

Abstract

Background: The global pandemic of 2020 forced preli-censure nursing degree programs to rapidly reevaluate clinical teaching methodologies. To maintain high educational standards with minimal anxiety and disruption for students, a child health teaching team developed an innovative revised plan for facilitation of clinical experiences within the virtual learning environment. Method: Experienced faculty employed a series of clinical learning activities in the online environment using existing virtual simulations, along with new innovations including a digital escape room, unfolding case studies, and blended prioritization simulations. Results: Information gleaned from student evaluations identified self-reported increases in clinical reasoning, prioritization, communication, and critical thinking skills. Students appreciated a more relaxed pace that allowed for more time to think through the processes. Conclusion: Virtual activities can be as effective as in-person clinical learning methodologies. Integrating virtual activities into clinical curricula can be a viable option, especially in areas where clinical placement is limited. [ J Nurs Educ . 2021;60(3):177–179.]

Virtual Simulated Placements in Healthcare Education: A scoping review

“…None used conversational AI (computer-generated conversation, assisted by artificial intelligence). Some applications presented VR patient avatars with which the student could direct a physical examination, although this was delivered via a screen [31, 38, 40–41, 51] and one study provided an interactive community setting in screen-based VR [53]. All software resources are outlined in online supplemental file A8.…”

Innovations in Nursing Education in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review

“…For example, Tracy and McPherson (2020) used synchronous virtual technologies to deliver an unfolding case study that included the COVID-19 pandemic and applied real-life situations to students' current clinical placements. Kubin et al (2021) utilised an online platform to present unfolding case studies covering various paediatric disorders. Although these approaches could not replace direct patient care, the authors reported improved student engagement, retention, and clinical judgement.…”

“…Four of these employed both synchronous and asynchronous approaches to enable students to undertake client assessments (DeFoor et al, 2020), offer community support services (Gresh et al, 2021), and improve student competence and learning experiences (A. Miller & Guest, 2021;Peachey et al, 2021). Five used synchronous virtual simulation to incorporate debriefing sessions (n=3) and facilitate clinical learning and simulation experience (Kim et al, 2021;Kubin et al, 2021). Simulation sessions with innovative digital escape rooms and case studies increased students' clinical reasoning and prioritisation skills (Kubin et al, 2021).…”

“…Five used synchronous virtual simulation to incorporate debriefing sessions (n=3) and facilitate clinical learning and simulation experience (Kim et al, 2021;Kubin et al, 2021). Simulation sessions with innovative digital escape rooms and case studies increased students' clinical reasoning and prioritisation skills (Kubin et al, 2021). Simulation sessions with virtual simulation enabled learners to make sense of learned content (Dreifuerst et al, 2021) and provided realistic clinical experiences while meeting their learning needs (Fung et al, 2021).…”

Meta-Analisis Simulasi Virtual dalam Pembelajaran untuk Mendukung Berpikir Kritis

“…Ketika dilakukan screening dan pembatasan pada aspek: tahun (2021), subject area (social science), tipe dokumen (artikel), dan tipe sumber/source type (jurnal), ditemukan sebanyak lima artikel jurnal dan uniknya adalah semua artikel merupakan bidang sosial sains yang mengarah pada pendidikan kesehatan. Lima dokumen spesifik yang dimaksud adalah: 1) virtual role-playing simulation as clinic: a model for experiential learning of critical thinking skills (Arunachalam et al, 2021); 2) simulation clinical practice education that combines virtual reality effects on clinical thinking disposition and clinical practice performance (Hwang & Chun, 2021); 3) transitioning child health clinical content from direct care to online instruction (Kubin et al, 2021); 4) direct measurement of veterinary student learning outcomes for the NAVMEC professional competencies in a multi-uservirtual learning environment (Espitia et al, 2021); dan 5) development and assessment of an online virtual orthodontic curriculum (Liu et al, 2021).…”