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Respiratory care for an adult in respiratory distress in the emergency room (BI case 1396)
Scenario/simulation
June 12, 2025
Authors:
France Parker, registered respiratory therapist, laboratory technologist in the Thérapie respiratoire program at Collège La Cité, La Cité.
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Field / discipline: Emergency / trauma, Medical
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Refusal of Service
Scenario/simulation
July 4, 2022
Authors:
Chris Slabon / Jenn Doyle, Fanshawe College
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Multiple/General
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Client and Family Centred Care – Information Sharing
Scenario/simulation
August 24, 2015
Authors:
Kathryn Parker, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Darlene Hubley, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Laura Williams, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Amir Karmali, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Pediatrics / child & family
Modality: Standardized/simulated patients or real patients
Escape the Day Without Injury
Scenario/simulation
July 14, 2023
Authors:
Jane Brazeau-St Germain, MMUS, CRGS, CRVS, RDMS, RVT, MRIT, Algonquin College
Interprofessional: Yes
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Medical Labratory
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Interventional radiology Portacath Insertion (VR)
Scenario/simulation
September 8, 2023
Authors:
Lisa Kirk RN BSN MHS, Douglas College
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Oncology
Modalities: Extended reality (virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality), Video
Acute Stroke on the Ward
Scenario/simulation
May 13, 2021
Authors:
Alim Nagji, MD CCFP-EM DRCPSC (Clin.Ed.), McMaster University / Joseph Brant Hospital
Anum Haroon, MD CCFP, Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Field / discipline: Critical care, Emergency / trauma, Medical
Modalities: Manikin-based, Role-playing
Conflict Resolution
Scenario/simulation
December 14, 2023
Authors:
Terri Nixon, ACP, Instructor SAIT; Blair Lindsay, ACP, BHSc, MA, Instructor SAIT; Allan Prost, RRT, Instructor SAIT
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Communication
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
End of Life Care: Breaking Bad News
Scenario/simulation
July 8, 2015
Authors:
Jeanne Falabi-Bakinde, RN, BScN, MSc., University of Ottawa
Monique Maisonneuve, RN, BScN, MEd, University of Ottawa
Diane Alain, RN, BscInf, M.Ed
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Palliative & end-of-life care
Modalities: Manikin-based, Standardized/simulated patients or real patients
Management of a Pneumothorax
Scenario/simulation
March 10, 2025
Authors:
Kristen Armstrong, MScHQ, BSc., RRT,
Maria Bassant RRT,
Helena Herman, RRT,
Fleming College
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Field / discipline: Medical, Neonatal, Team Collaboration
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Complex Laboratory Chemistry Analyzer
Scenario/simulation
July 4, 2022
Authors:
Brady Rose, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Biochemistry
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Pediatric Respiratory Distress
Scenario/simulation
July 4, 2022
Authors:
Allyson M Cooper, Red River College
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Pediatrics / child & family
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Patient with difficulty breathing
Scenario/simulation
July 4, 2022
Authors:
Philippe La Rivière, Red River College
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Emergency / trauma
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Assessing suicide risk & responding
Scenario/simulation
July 4, 2022
Authors:
Salima Bano Virani, Centennial College
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Mental health
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Cardiovascular shock in the infant (from Coarctation of the Aorta)
Scenario/simulation
May 13, 2021
Authors:
Katalina Ong, MD, McMaster University
Alim Nagji, MD CCFP-EM DRCPSC, McMaster University / Joseph Brant Hospital
Meenatchi Ranganathan, MD FRCPC, McMaster University / Joseph Brant Hospital
James Leung, MD FRCPC, McMaster University / McMaster Children’s Hospital
Interprofessional: Yes
Language: English
Field / discipline: Emergency / trauma, Pediatrics / child & family
Modality: Manikin-based
Pediatric supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
Scenario/simulation
April 1, 2015
Authors:
Elaine Ng, MD, FRCPC, SickKids
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Field / discipline: Emergency / trauma, Pediatrics / child & family
Modality: Manikin-based
Venipuncture (VR)
Scenario/simulation
July 4, 2022
Authors:
Julie Gagnon, Collège d’Alma
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Multiple/General
Modalities: Extended reality (virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality), Video
Supporting Trans and Non-binary Patients in Diagnostic Imaging
Scenario/simulation
July 11, 2023
Authors:
Meaghan Jefferson BHSc, MRT (DMS), RVT, CRGS, PME (cand.), Mohawk College
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Radiology & diagnostic imaging
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Answer the Clinical Question: Emergency Abdominal Pain.
Scenario/simulation
July 11, 2023
Authors:
Jane Brazeau-St Germain, MMUS, CRGS, CRVS, RDMS, RVT, MRIT
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Molecular Medicine Techniques: Scene of the Crime
Scenario/simulation
July 4, 2022
Authors:
Lori Cucheron, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Microbiology
Modality: Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient
Pediatric intraoperative bronchospasm
Scenario/simulation
April 22, 2015
Authors:
Tobias Everett, MBChB FRCA, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Interprofessional: No
Language: English
Fields / disciplines: Anesthesia / peri-anesthesia care
Modality: Manikin-based