In this scenario, a 21-day old patient from Fort Albany, Treaty 9 (Cochrane, ON) is admitted to the pediatric/neonatal intensive care unit (PICU) with bronchiolitis, suspected RSV (swabs pending). The respiratory therapy (RT) student is responsible for completing the initial assessment, management, and reassessment of the patient. As the scenario progresses, they will need to […]

A 34-year-old, gravida 2, term 0, preterm 1, living 1 (G2T0P1L1) was admitted with preeclampsia and threatened preterm labor. The respiratory therapist is called to the operating room for an emergency cesarean section. The RT learner will collaborate with the physician and nurse to identify the need for neonatal resuscitation, stabilization and surfactant administration. 

This is a simulation that focuses on communication with family in a neonatal setting. It focuses on terminology, voice tone and body language. The simulation begins in the Birth Unit, where NRP is in progress with the father watching closely and asking questions. He is asking questions which you must answer by speaking into the […]

This maternal/child resource is aimed to support learning for the undergraduate nursing student in any nursing program. The simulation is intended to promote the development of clinical judgement skills through a safe learning environment. The virtual simulation is for students to practice and reflect on newborn assessments while critically analyzing the scenario and completing a […]

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 […]

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

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.

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.

This scenario is designed to allow health care professionals to come together and work as a team around a critically ill newborn using advanced-technology simulation either in the simulation centre or in-situ. Once the pre-brief (including orientation if need be) and briefing is complete the scenario starts. The health care team arrives either ‘en-masse’ or […]

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 […]