Dear members,
You are invited to [CAN-Sim Webinar]: Developing Public Health Competencies through Virtual Simulation Games on April 27th, 2022 at 2:00PM – 3:00PM.
Description
Ruth Schofield is an Assistant Professor at McMaster University experienced in community health undergraduate nursing education with a history of curriculum development, implementation and evaluation. She is a seasoned front line and manager in public health nursing. Her research experience spans qualitative and quantitative design in mental health and community health nursing. She has led competency and standards development at the national level. Ruth will describe her leadership and participation in the development of a series of virtual simulation games (VSGs) on public health nursing.
The VSGs were created by McMaster University School of Nursing, in collaboration with the University of Ottawa, Queen’s University, the Canadian Alliance of Nursing Educators using Simulation (CAN-Sim) and the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN). The Developing Public Health Nursing Competencies Through Virtual Simulation Games (the “games”), which are freely available and accessible in both French and English, are designed to take nursing students through three scenarios focused on community assessment, health promotion approaches, and program planning and evaluation.
The VSGs integrate video clips that depict characters in a case study, assessment and reflection questions, options for debriefing, and other resources to support nurse educators in optimizing the learning experience for nursing students. Though designed primarily for use by individual or groups of students and educators in courses, they will also be a helpful tool for nurses and other allied health professionals looking to increase knowledge and skills in public health.
This project, funded by a Virtual Learning Strategy grant from eCampus Ontario, was developed to address a need for public health virtual simulation offerings for nursing education. The games come complete with a Companion Guide developed to help nurse educators with pre-simulation preparation, de-brief, and facilitation; all of which are critical for ensuring achievement of the games’ learning outcomes and for supporting learning in schools of nursing province wide. Public health nursing competencies, which all nurses should possess upon completing a baccalaureate degree, are integral for preparing clinicians to address population health issues, such as health inequities to improve the health of people in Ontario.
Learn more and register here.