Healthcare Field: Multiple/General
What’s Wrong with Simon?: An interprofessional Paediatric Simulation
This virtual clinical simulation provides health care students and professionals with opportunities to develop knowledge and skill application, critical thinking and problem solving in providing care to a paediatric family in an emergency department. Learners are invited to make decisions in realistic situations and encouraged to try different approaches related to working within an interprofessional […]
Read more »Tracheostomy Discharge Planning
This virtual simulation guides learners through the process of completing a tracheostomy discharge from the perspective of a Respiratory Therapist (RT). The scenario emphasizes patient-centered communication, requiring learners to perform a respiratory assessment, practice tracheostomy care and suctioning, complete the tracheostomy discharge checklist, and integrate interdisciplinary team collaboration. Using a structured discharge checklist, participants will […]
Read more »Venipuncture (VR)
The patient consulted their attending physician after experiencing an episode of fatigue and then required blood tests. You have just begun your shift at the blood sample laboratory and the patient comes to see you for a venipuncture.
Read more »Quality Control Troubleshooting Simulation
In this simulation, you will be acting as a Medical Laboratory Professional at a small town Hospital. While you work, you will have to troubleshoot quality control issues that arise.
Read more »Introduction to Quality Control and Quality Assurance in the Clinical Laboratory
During this simulation, you will inhabit the role of a clinical practicum student in their final week of a clinical chemistry rotation. You will work closely with a medical laboratory technologist who is in charge of the local quality assurance program. You will interact with short term and long term quality control data, and learn […]
Read more »Working in Teams: Communication
The learner is working a day shift on an inpatient surgical unit and receives a post-operative patient from the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU). The learner will communicate pertinent elements about the patient to other members of the health care team as appropriate using ISBAR.
Read more »Resolving Inadequate Sample Submissions in a Clinical Laboratory
This game promotes the application of knowledge required to receive patient samples in a clinical laboratory. Appropriate sample receipt is necessary for best patient results. Communicating to other healthcare professionals is imperative to interprofessional relationships and adequate patient care.
Read more »Responding to an active seizure
In this scenario, EMS must respond to a call for a person who is having a seizure. The patient has a history of alcohol and drug use complicating the emergency.
Read more »Neurological assessment (Body Interact Case 781, Abel Tarik)
The patient is 55 years old. They came into the clinic for a checkup stating “I have not been feeling myself lately, and I wanted to get checked”. The patient requires a focused neurological assessment.
Read more »Basics of collecting a health history
The patient,aged 39, is seeking medical care for stomach pain. The focus of this AI-powered simulation is on collecting a full health history. The learner can then identify which assessments to complete.
Read more »Head to toe assessment (Body Interact Case 778, Abel Tarik)
The patient is 55 years old. They came into the clinic for a checkup stating “I have not been feeling myself lately, and I wanted to get checked”. The patient requires a head-to-toe assessment.
Read more »Assessment of the Post-Operative Patient
You will be meeting the patient after their total right knee arthroplasty (total right knee replacement). This gaming simulation will offer the learner an opportunity to develop critical thinking, decision making and assessment skills when determining care in a post-operative environment.
Read more »Vital Signs Assessment in an Acute Care Setting
The following simulation follows a patient through a visit to an acute emergency room setting. The patient experiences fluctuations in vital signs and presents a variety of subjective and objective data cues. The learner is required to cluster data to identify inferences about the client’s health status.
Read more »Refusal of Service
You will be attending to a patient who has just been extricated out of an apartment fire. You will be responsible for assessing, treating and transporting this patient to hospital.
Read more »Communication: Geriatric Virtual Simulation
The patient is 65 years old and has been admitted to hospital after having a fall at home. You will hear a handover report from the night nurse and then proceed to begin your shift caring for the patient.
Read more »Communicating with Clients and Team Members when Clients Refuse Treatment
The learners will gain an increased understanding of the support and decision-making required when caring for a client in the context of refusing treatment options/medications.
Read more »Registered Nurse (RN) in Long-Term Care: Leadership, Prioritization, Delegation and Advocacy
The simulation has been designed to develop critiical thinking skills in nursing practice. The learner will encounter several complex patients in long-term care, recognize which siituations require the expertise of a RN, and when approaches such as advocating for the patient, delegation to another provider, and mentoring colleagues are needed.
Read more »Bullying in the Workplace
Bullying can take on many forms, the intent of the simulation is to increase students/nurse’s awareness of bullying behaviors and how to effectively intervene when bullying occurs. Bullying can affect individuals professional and personal lives, impact patient care, and perpetuate negative behaviors in others.
Read more »A Virtual Simulation Game on the Communication of Laboratory Results
The virtual simulation game will require the MLT learner to make critical decisions and actions. The learner will use the reporting tool on what information needs to be communicated and how between themselves and the members of the health care team to foster teamwork and the culture of patient safety.
Read more »Interprofessional Communication During Difficult Situations
The scenario takes place in the Emergency Department (ED) where a team of healthcare professionals receives a patient that has experienced a multiple trauma and subsequent cardiac arrest post motor vehicle accident. The team consists of two Registered Nurses, a Respiratory Therapist, and a Physician. The patient is brought into the ED and his wife […]
Read more »Clinical Procedure: Medication Administration and Safety Using Different Routes: Geriatric Population
The learner will apply the principles of safe medication administration of a narcotic using different routes in the Geriatric population. You will be required to use clinical judgement, reasoning, critical thinking skills, and pas knowledge when choosing the appropriate narcotic based on the patient’s history and background knowledge. This scenario is not about the actual […]
Read more »Clinical Procedure: Medication Administration and Safety Using Different Routes: Adult Population
The Learner will apply the principles of safe medication administration of an analgesic using different routes in the Adult population. You will be required to use clinical judgment, reasoning, critical thinking skills, and past knowledge when choosing the appropriate pain medication based on patients’ history and background knowledge. This scenario is not about the actual […]
Read more »Medication Administration and Safety Using Different Routes: Pediatric Population
The Learner will apply the principles of safe medication administration of an analgesic using different routes in the Pediatric population. You will be required to use clinical judgment, reasoning, critical thinking skills, and past knowledge when choosing the appropriate pain medication based on patients’ history and background knowledge. This scenario is not about the actual […]
Read more »Supporting Clinical Student Success – A Scenario for New Faculty
Many faculty members feel unprepared to hold discussions and develop plans for helping students meet clinical course objectives. This scenario helps prepare faculty members to develop a plan using a positive growth mindset framework to support students to become successful professionals. The scenario is written for nursing, but could easily be used by a variety […]
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