Delirium

La patiente, 79 ans, a été hospitalisée, car elle présentait une fracture de la hanche droite. Elle a subi une intervention chirurgicale il y a deux jours. La patiente a des antécédents d’hypertension,de troubles cognitif et de myopie (elle porte des lunettes). Malgré qu’elle ait reçu un diagnostique de démence légère il y a six […]

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Geriatric Suicide Awareness

This simulation will be examining geriatric suicide awareness and assessment. Within the scenario, you will be playing the role of the nurse (Jack) and working with your patient Wei Ing.

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Paramedic Response to Psychosis

Brief vignettes and decision-making points allow the learner to consider supportive communication and care for a patient experiencing psychosis.

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Mental Health Response in the Community

Vignettes of patient interactions allow the learner to practice supporting mental wellness while exploring the role of the community paramedic.

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Nursing Assessment: Schizophrenia

A 20 year old male (pronouns he/him) meeting with the community mental health nurse during an initial online appointment. With his consent, his mother initiated this meeting to discuss what resources are available to support her son in the community. You are the mental health nurse and need to conduct the assessment.

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Acute Depression

In this interactive simulation, you will be conducting a mental health interview with a patient in acute depression with suicidal ideations who has been admitted voluntarily to the acute psychiatric unit.

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Mental Health Group Therapy: Mental Status Assessment and Therapeutic Communication

This simulation will provide an inpatient mental health experience allowing the learner to orient themselves to the client’s charts and observe a facilitated inpatient mental health group that focuses the clients on goal setting. The simulation presents opportunities to discover information that will support client assessment and prepare for the group experience. Observation of the […]

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De-escalation of a patient diagnosed with bipolar disorder and drug and alcohol use

In this scenario, learners will care for an adult diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Type I, who is experiencing a manic episode. Learners will use therapeutic communication skills to complete assessments and practice verbal de-escalation strategies. Learners will also identify medications that may be administered to promote patient safety. The simulation will occur during a day […]

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De-escalation of a patient with a prior history of bipolar disorder

In this scenario, learners will care for an adult diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Type I, who is experiencing a manic episode. Learners will use therapeutic communication skills to complete assessments and practice verbal de-escalation strategies. Learners will also identify medications that may be administered to promote patient safety. The simulation will occur during a day […]

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Management of opioid addiction

The goal of this simulation is to enhance learners’ awareness about management of Opioid addictions. This simulation will explore critical and focused assessment for a client with substance abuse (COWs). It will also demonstrate prioritized care utilizing an interprofessional approach for a client with an opioid addiction.

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Crisis Prevention

The patient is a 42-year-old Filipino woman admitted to the acute medical unit for treatment of pneumonia and a urinary tract infection. The patient is also a very passionate nurse who is supporting her family overseas, while working at a short-staffed facility which has aided in her current state of mental exhaustion. In this interactive […]

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Patient diagnosed with schizophrenia and a history of alcohol and drug addiction

In this scenario, learners will have the opportunity to assess and manage care for an adult who has schizophrenia with paranoid delusions, and is experiencing a dystonic reaction. Learners will conduct an initial and focused assessment as well as recognize abnormal findings. The simulation will occur during a day shift on an in-patient psychiatric unit.

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Patient with schizophrenia having a dystonic reaction

In this scenario, learners will have the opportunity to assess and manage care for an adult who has schizophrenia with paranoid delusions, and is experiencing a dystonic reaction. Learners will conduct an initial and focused assessment as well as recognize abnormal findings. The simulation will occur during a day shift on an in-patient psychiatric unit.

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Assessing suicide risk & responding

The goal of this simulation is to enhance learners’ awareness and comfort in performing the Suicide assessment utilizing Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) Protocol with C-SSRS (Columbia Risk and Protective Factors) – Recent. Further, learners will be able to competently identify warning signs and risk factors of suicide, individual protective factors. It will […]

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SimCanada Community Scenario Template

This template is a generic and comprehensive guide for the development and documentation of simulation scenarios. It is intended to be applicable to any profession (including interprofessional scenarios), any healthcare field, and for most simulation modalities. Members of the Simulation Canada community produced it following a review of the literature on best practices in scenario […]

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PEARLS for Systems Integration Debriefing Tool

The PEARLS for Systems Integration Debreifng Tool is now available as a free colour download.

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Interprofessional Attitudes Scale (IPAS)

Since the publication of the 2011 report Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, few tools have been developed to evaluate attitudes that reflect the competencies. The Interprofessional Assessment Scale (IPAS) was developed and validated with this purpose in mind.

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Global Rating Scale

This is an evaluation form that can be used to measure students’ simulation performance in many disciplines within healthcare. The Global Rating Scale has been designed to be best utilized with hands-on scenarios in the simulation teaching environment.

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Simulation Session Booking and Planning Form

The Simulation Session Booking and Planning Form is useful for simulation centre co-coordinators to find out about the learning objectives of the simulation session that an instructor would like to create, and to acquire basic logistics information such as type of participants, number of participants, length of simulation, etc. It can be e-mailed to the […]

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