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Use of High Fidelity Simulation: A Two-Year Training Project Experience for Third Year Students in Nursing Course Degree of Reggio Emilia

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Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 8th International Conference (MIS4TEL 2018)

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Abstract

Nursing students at the end of their studies are supposed to own skills that allow them, in a short time, to act effectively and safely. Therefore, it is of primary importance that during the training period they have the opportunity, under protected conditions, to practice the management of scenarios realistically representative of the clinical setting.

High-fidelity simulation workshops, aimed to provide adequate skills in the management of vital criticality, represent innovative and exciting learning tools, thanks to teaching method and forefront technology involved. The laboratory activities included allow the students to completely descend in simulated scenarios either by the use of computerized interactive cases and by computerized manikins. In our study both these types of simulation laboratories were proposed to 3rd year Nursing students attending the academic years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. The survey administered to both groups at the end of the workshop revealed a highly positive feedback towards this innovative teaching approach that allowed the students to understand the correlation between pseudorealistic simulations and theoretical notions learned during lectures.

The experience built through this two-year study allowed us to lay the bases for further studies on this topic.

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  1. Nursing Degree Course, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Daniela Mecugni, Giulia Curia & Giovanna Amaducci

  2. Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Daniela Mecugni & Alessandra Pisciotta

  3. Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Science, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

    Giulia Curia

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  1. Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Tania Di Mascio

  2. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Pierpaolo Vittorini

  3. Computer Science Faculty, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

    Rosella Gennari

  4. BISITE Digital Innovation Hub, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Fernando De la Prieta

  5. BISITE Digital Innovation Hub, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Sara Rodríguez

  6. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

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  7. Department of Computer Science and Statistics, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Ricardo Azambuja Silveira

  8. Faculty of Automation Computers and Electronics Computers and Information Technology Department, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

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  9. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, Coppito, Holy See (Vatican City State)

    Loreto Lancia

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Mecugni, D., Curia, G., Pisciotta, A., Amaducci, G., Tutors of the Nursing Course Degree. (2019). Use of High Fidelity Simulation: A Two-Year Training Project Experience for Third Year Students in Nursing Course Degree of Reggio Emilia. In: Di Mascio, T., et al. Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 8th International Conference. MIS4TEL 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 804. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98872-6_35

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