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. 2021 Aug:57:41-47.
doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2021.04.017. Epub 2021 Jun 17.

Embracing Disruption: Measuring Effectiveness of Virtual Simulations in Advanced Practice Nurse Curriculum

Michele L Kuszajewski  1 , Jacqueline Vaughn  2 , Margaret T Bowers  1 , Benjamin Smallheer  1 , Rémi M Hueckel  1 , Margory A Molloy  1
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Embracing Disruption: Measuring Effectiveness of Virtual Simulations in Advanced Practice Nurse Curriculum

Michele L Kuszajewski et al. Clin Simul Nurs. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

Changes in academia have occurred quickly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In-person simulation-based education has been adapted into a virtual format to meet course learning objectives. The methods and procedures leveraged to onboard faculty, staff, and graduate nurse practitioner students to virtual simulation-based education while ensuring simulation best practice standards and obtaining evaluation data using the Simulation Effectiveness Tool-Modified (SET-M) tool are described in this article.

Keywords: distance-based simulation; evaluation; graduate nursing student education; virtual simulation; virtual standardized patients.

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The remaining authors have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose. The remaining authors have no competing interests to declare.

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