What’s happening in the Health Sciences Sim Lab?
Research and Upcoming Publications
January, 2006

Research Study I: Human Patient Simulation and BScN Students

• Principle researcher - Michelle Morley
  • Research assistant – Tammy Miller
• The purpose is to find out if the interaction with a Human Patient Simulator enhances nursing students, attainment of clinical competence.
• Population – BScN year 3 students
• Quasi-quantitative design
• Study duration 9/05 – 2/06

Research Study II

• Principle researcher – Jeanne Molnar
  • Research assistant – Kathy Mitchell
• The purpose - Using the OPT Model the project will compare the learning outcomes of students learning through the simulation lab and the community “Healthy Baby Project” to the traditional hospital based maternal infant experience.
  • Use of simulated tools, multimedia teaching instruments, and actors as Standardized Patients will be used to facilitate integration of Maternal Infant Nursing skills and knowledge to meet clinical objectives in a simulated lab environment.
• Population – BScN year 2 students
• Qualitative design
• Study duration 9/05 – tba

Research Study III

• Principle researcher - Sue Ogilvie
• Purpose –
• Population – BScN year 3 students
• Qualitative design
• Study duration 2/06 – 5/06
• Publication - Michelle Morley & Sue Ogilvie will be writing their conclusions together in a publication

Research Study IV: Development of Clinical Scenarios for the use in Simulation Laboratories

• Principle researcher - Betty Cragg & Kathryn Higuchi
  • Research assistants – Michelle Morley, Sue Ogilvie, Tammy Miller
• Purpose – to develop, test, and evaluate clinical scenarios for the use with the high fidelity clinical simulators recently acquired by the School of Nursing. The project seeks to optimize the learning experiences of students in lab situations through a systematic design of clinical scenarios that emphasis on the nursing roles and responsibilities. Cases will be developed to maximize the capabilities of simulation manikins to demonstrate rapid physiological changes that require emergency and urgent nursing interventions. The scenarios will be tested in clinical teaching contexts using volunteer students and instructors. Evaluation of the clinical scenarios will be conducted to determine the learning outcomes, clinical authenticity, instructional challenges, and ease of integration into existing curriculum.
• Population – University of Ottawa BScN students
• Qualitative design
• Study duration 10/05– 10/06

BScN year 4 – Anecdotal study by Tammy Miller

Fall 2005 4th year lab course integrated some simulation into its curriculum. A survey was developed and sent out to all students. Total # enrolled is 50; responses received 10. To follow will be a write up of the students’ experiences, perceptions, and recommendations of how simulation can/should be used in 4th year lab course.

Simulation Workshop I

Given as needed, first session given January 5th, next session tba. This includes:

• History of simulation in other disciplines
• simulation as a teaching tool
• building a simulation learning environment
• introduction to scenario development
• introduction to debriefing skills
• introduction to Health Sciences Simulation Lab
• introduction to SIMMAN software