Serious Games in Healthcare Education doesn’t just come in the video game format — but board games too! Today we take a look at the educational game platform “RETAIN” (Resuscitation TrAINing for Healthcare Professionals) provides a new approach to healthcare simulation based education which has both digital and board game components. The current resuscitation guidelines [...]
The start of a new job or new job responsibilities may be overwhelming and/or anxiety-inducing to some. These feelings may be particularly heightened in the healthcare realm where clinicians move from neat textbook cases to real clinical experiences. Many institutions have identified these feelings among their new nurses and have since included simulation based on-boarding [...]
Simulation Champion Kirrian Steer wrote in this weekend to share a recent Report entitled produced by Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) and Health Workforce Australia entitled “Simulation Based Education: Professional Entry Student Education and Training”. This 40 page report details the benefits, applications and reasons behind simulation which finishes with a showcase [...]
