The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) in partnership with the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation (CAN-Sim) have collaborated to develop and disseminate five virtual simulation modules in both official languages to build capacity among graduating and new registered nurses entering the health care workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. VSGs have been […]

EMR-sim is a computer-based (‚’virtual patient’) simulation to teach clinicians on the challenges of using electronic medical records (EMRs) in the patient-clinician encounter. The scenarios for this project were designed on the basis of a literature review and a research study of the impact of EMRs on the clinical encounter and the strategies and best […]

This is an instrument to measure situation awareness in nurses participating in a patient deterioration simulation scenario. It measures nurses’ perception of quantifiable signs of deterioration (e.g., vital signs, level of consciousness) and less quantifiable signs of deterioration (e.g., breath sounds, agitation, new pain). It also measures nurses’ comprehension of the meaning of these signs […]

Patient with stage four mesothelioma lung cancer that is being cared for in the home environment. Designed to challenge the year 4 student with doing an assessment and critically thinking next steps when caring for a patient who becomes hemodynamically unstable. Communication is paramount, with physician, EMS, and family. The patient is sent to the […]

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 virtual patient case, named ‘A fatigued figure’, was the 3rd place winner in the CHEC-CESC Virtual Patient Challenge 2012-2013. The case authors are Ayesha Malik, MSc, MD Candidate, and Kiran Virdy, MD, Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto. This case is designed for medical students and PGY1 in Family Medicine, and is designed as […]

This is a family’s first outpatient visit with a clinician. They have many questions about what to expect. The learner’s task is to effectively communicate their role at the hospital and help the family understand how this therapy/service will help their child.

A parent meeting with an Early Childhood Educator to review the goals that they had set earlier in the year. A new member of the team has been asked to lead the discussion. The mother thinks the goals are too complicated, and just wants to hear her child say, “I love you.”

A teenaged inpatient client with an acquired brain injury is going home for the first time. She and her mother are quite anxious about this weekend leave of absence. A clinician has been tasked with: (1) ensuring the client has her medications for the weekend: and (2) providing the client/family with a copy of the […]

The learner is a clinician who is having an initial meeting with the two fathers of a child with cerebral palsy. The learner needs to engage the family in determining how the goals for the child will be developed, and answer their questions.

This is a two-part unfolding scenario. A 55 year old male client is imminently dying of lung cancer with a Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) of 10%. DNR assigned. Client chose to die at home. He is married and spouse is at the bedside. Client has 2 adult children and 3 grand-children who live out of […]

This is a multiple patient scenario involving 3 patients in the Observation Unit following a MVC. (1) R/O fetal distress/injury; (2) R/O Head Injury; (3) Splenic Laceration. Patient A is a 35 y.o. mother, 19 weeks pregnant that was driving herself and her pre-school son to a clinic appointment when she was in a collision. […]

Badia was rated as high-risk from the Healthy Babies community health nurse for multiple reasons, including her young age, lack of family support, pre-mature birth with low birth weight, single mother, and chain cigarette smoker. Badia has agreed to have a nurse visit her in her apartment for an initial assessment.

Ottawa GRS designed to evaluate physician performance in simulated emergencies in the domain of Crisis Resource Management (CRM) skills.

The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Simulation Collection is compiled by the SAEM Simulation Interest Group, working with the SAEM Simulation Task Force. Dozens of scenarios are freely available. Scenarios are intended for acute care physicians. A wide variety of topics are covered: overdose, coma, mental health, GI bleed, asthma, COPD, burns, acute coronary […]

Mrs. Parmar is a 88 y.o female who presented to hospital 4/7 ago with a persistent cough and general malaise x 1/52. She was admitted to the General Internal Medicine ward with the dx of CAP. Her O2 sats have begun to decline, so the physiotherapy and nursing students must recognize the issue, perform a […]

This scenario is intended for students learning assessment of acute stroke and is based on recommendations of the Canadian Stroke Strategy (2014), RNAO Stroke Assessment (2011) and Ontarion Ministry of Helath Quality-Based procedures. This scenario focuses on the use of the Canadian Neurological Scale tool.

This scenario is intended for learners to assess and intervene for a patient experiencing an exacerbation of COPD. This scenario is based on evidence practice guidelines from the Ontario Ministry of Health and RNAO.

This resource was created to deliver a 2.5 hour small group interactive workshop geared for medical students on their obstetrical rotation. It enables students to understand the care activities in the obstetrics unit and how students may most effectively learn and provide care to patients in this clinical setting.

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.

Pre-hospital incident of a male patient having chest pain, with shortness of breath, collapsed into a sudden cardiac arrest. Pre-hospital ACLS protocals followed causes a return of spontanious circulation. For arrest care provided and transport to ER.

George Smith, an 80 year old male, has just returned to the nursing home by ambulance after being hospitalized with pneumonia secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. As his student nurse you are to do his admission assessment. As part of that admission you are expected to take his vital signs, communicate appropriately, initiate a […]

This is a multidisciplinary office scenario that should be appropriate for any health care professionals that would work in such a setting. A patient presents to the office with left upper back pain that he attributes to gardening. During the assessment the patient reports shortness of breath, chest pain, along with a history of cardiovascular […]

Patient has been admitted to an inpatient unit with nausea and vomiting x48 hours, as a result he is experiencing complications with his diabetes. Patient is received with decreased LOC and is lethargic. Learners are to perform a focused assessment, apply nursing knowledge to prioritize care, and demonstrate safe medication administration best practice.