Critique

SIMULATION TRAINING IN EDUCATION

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVE

· Simulation training provides the chance to modify and alter some features of actuality or reality (Chernikova et al., 2020)

· Fewer incidents are reported, abbreviated response/reaction time and offers instant reactions to the students (Chernikova et al., 2020)

· Feedback plays a significant part in designing the simulation or replication (Chernikova et al., 2020)

· The aim of simulation training is to discover more opportunities to offer more data and information to support the students in detail (Chernikova et al., 2020)

· The medical field is one of the most rapid developing industries or areas in demonstrating, replicating and implementing simulators as a way of education (Kincaid & Westerlund, n.d.).

OBJECTIVE CONT.…

· These simulators normally have hardware and software interfaces (Kincaid & Westerlund, n.d.).

· A company called immersion medical created an endoscopy simulator that allows students to practice different kinds of procedures on virtual patients (Kincaid & Westerlund, n.d.).

· Using a simulator allows students to practice their skills in a medical setting that is equally safe for the patient and also for the student (Kincaid & Westerlund, n.d.).

What Prompted the Development of Simulation Training?

· Quality patient care was the impetus for the original simulation training development.

· Need to guarantee Patient safety during training.

· Simulation provided an immersive learning environment.

· Need to create real-world scenario to help students appreciate how, why, and when to apply certain skills within a clinical setting.

History and Current Use

· Date back to 1911.

· A life-size doll called Mrs. Chase used to teach nurses how to dress, turn, and transfer patients.

· Modern form of simulation stems from technological advancements in aviation training, computer science, and healthcare education (Ott, Cohen & Ott, 2018).

History and Current Use Cont…

· Educators institute simulation experience capable of replicating or mimicking realistic events, skills, or procedures.

· Respond to student interventions prompting them to analyze the situation and practice the appropriate response.

· Likely to become standard practice in both education and training soon (Ott, Cohen & Ott, 2018).

Simulation Training Goals

· Provide learners with a safe practice environment.

· Create opportunities to construct educational experiences.

· Bridge the gap between clinical practice and theory.

· Expose learners to different clinical scenarios through technology.

· Provide nurses with opportunities to practice and expand their psychomotor skills with zero risks to patient safety.

EFFECTS IN HEALTHCARE AND NURSING

Simulation:

· Employs controlled scenarios that safeguard the patient from unnecessary errors by replicating or evoking essential characteristics of real clinical contexts.

· Enables the acquisition of rational thinking, decision-making aptitudes, technological and problem - solving abilities, from the perspective of education.

Simulation Training in Education can :

· Enhance patient safety through the prevention of medical errors

· Promote analytical and decision-making abilities

· Facilitate effective communication among teams and their patients.

QUALITY OF CARE MEASURES/MONITORING

RISK MANAGEMENT

PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY OF PATIENT DATA

· Provides practitioners with technological ways of enhancing data storage and ensuring that it is only accessible to authorized personnel

· Accessibility of data by patients through electronic record

· Patient consent and permission to share data

EFFECTS ON THE POPULATION WITHIN THE REGION

· The implementation of simulation training in education facilitates good skills and competence among employees.

· Improves healthcare services

· Improves productivity

· Healthcare awareness

· The implementation and development of simulation in the training and professional development of nurses can lead to an improvement in the quality of care.

EFFECTS IN HEALTHCARE AND NURSING

ETHICAL PRACTICE

· Training acceptable healthcare practices

· Minimize errors and negligence

· Promote respect for patient’s rights and privacy

COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL AND REGULATORY MANDATES

· Facilitate compliance training

· Legal training

· Safety training

· Workplace regulation training

ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SIMULATION TRAINING IN EDUCATION

· Advantages of simulation training have been evident in high-risk sectors such as military and nuclear operation.

· In education, these advantages have been denoted through the improved patient, nursing, and health care organizations’ outcomes.

· Simulation offers a training experience that could be unachievable under ordinary learning settings.

· Regardless, simulation training has disadvantages that limit its full acceptance and adoption in education

ADVANTAGES

Patient Perspective

· Simulation training equips learners with the required skills, improving patients’ outcomes.

· Simulation training promotes patient safety.

· Simulation training also yields satisfaction to patients and their family members.

Nursing Perspective

· The simulation training provides clinical scenarios that can ensure nursing efficiency.

· Nursing efficiency acquired through simulation training emanates from the developed personal attributes

ADVANTAGES CONT…

DISADVANTAGES

Patient Perspective

· Regardless of the advantages, simulation training has its shortcomings that impact patient outcomes and safety.

· The simulation education could not fully cater to the patient needs.

Nursing Perspectives

· Nursing efficiency acquired through simulation training can only be made possible with the availability of adequate and qualified instructors.

· Simulation training requires a lot of time and financial resources.

DISADVANTAGES CONT…

Healthcare Organizations Perspective

· Encounter real-time patient obligations that could interfere with simulation training.

· Requiring the admission of large numbers of patients, the facility may lack adequate space to undertake simulation training.

· May not have the required instructors to conduct the training and may need to hire experts, which could prove expensive to the organization which not be able to cater to the expenses.

CHALLENGES AND ISSUES

· Concept is yet to be fully implemented in education

· Wrong information acquisition could render the process futile leading students to end up with the wrong understanding.

· Can possible create a false reality of a student’s future outlook

· Can create anxiety among learners

· Unprepared students may be fearful about putting the acquired skills in practice and opt out of their career

CHALLENGES AND CONTROVERSIES

· Incursion of additional expenses by the organization looking to incorporate this tool

· Requirement of additional equipment, personnel and technical support

· Institution’s limited budgetary allocations

· Some instructors and institutions worry that simulation can only teach psychomotor skills

· Practice with mannequins or virtual patients does not fully outline the aspect of human

interactions involving nonverbal cues or psychological withdrawal

REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS

OUTLINE

· Simulation is a method for preparation and education that can be practical to numerous diverse industries and learners.

· It is a technique (not a technology)

· Using a simulator allows students to practice their skills in a medical setting that is equally safe for the patient and also for the student

· Date back to 1911

· Challenges, issues, advantages and disadvantages ranged anywhere from institutions needed extra financial means, to creating false expectations of real life scenarios among the students to allowing the students to practice and perfect their skills while keeping the patient’s safe.

· Simulation training its a tool that still has room for improvement and that it is constantly developing and considered in more and more industries each day.