Expanding Simulation Capacity: Senior-Level Students as Teachers
Expanding Simulation Capacity: Senior-Level Students as Teachers
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DOI:
10.3928/01484834-20150814-06
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发表时间:
2015-09-01
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2
通讯作者:
Duffy, Nancy D.
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作者:
Dumas, Bonnie P.;Hollerbach, Ann D.;Duffy, Nancy D.
Background: The effectiveness of using senior-level nursing students as teachers to junior-level students in simulated learning was examined in a prelicensure nursing program. Simulation requires considerable financial resources in faculty time and effort. It was theorized that using senior students as teachers for junior students in peer-assisted simulation for learning health assessment clinical skills would offer an equally effective learning experience as faculty instructors. Method: A total of 60 junior-level students were randomized into a simulated learning experience taught by 20 senior-level students or nursing faculty. Results: Evaluation of junior students' clinical performance, postsimulation debriefing assessment, and satisfaction with the simulation learning experience indicated that senior nursing students were equally effective as faculty simulation instructors. Conclusion: Findings suggest that the Senior Students as Teachers program, using the train-the-trainer model, was successful in preparing students as simulation instructors and has the potential for reducing faculty time and cost, as well as enhance student peer-to-peer learning.