...Simulation is a technique for practice and learning that can be used in many nursing facilities to help trainees to learn different skills in training and communication. It is a technique to replace and amplify real experiences with guided ones that can help the trainee to develop essential skills while at work. Simulation-based learning can be the way to develop health professionals’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes, while protecting patients from high risks situations. Simulation-based medical education can be the basics which provides a valuable information in learning how to solve certain problems and issues in nursing. Simulation-based training techniques, tools, and strategies can be applied learning experiences, as well as be used as...
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...decade, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has faced numerous internal and external problems; these problems have contributed to its persistent decline. Currently the organization is facing considerable pressure to divest successful assets such as the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and the School of Public Health. These changes could potentially weaken an already volatile organization and have several implications for the UMDNJ system, medical care in New Jersey, and municipalities where the organization is located. A change management model proposed by two scholars Cummings and Worley will be used to analyze how UMDNJ should manage and transition through the changes they are facing. Section 1 The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—more familiarly UMDNJ—is a system of eight healthcare schools that serve approximately 6,000 students. (Stainton 2011) The eight healthcare schools include New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey Dental School, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health Related Professions, and School of Nursing, all of Newark, the School of Public Health and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, both in New Brunswick, and the School of Osteopathic Medicine located in Stratford. UMDNJ also operates the...
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...Globalization and its Impact on Medical Education Abstract: The world is transforming from one of segmented and individual countries into one global universal. Due to globalization investors are now able to take advantage of resources in other countries to further advance their businesses and expand their client base. This also applies to medical schools across the world. These schools are now trying to appeal to the international student in addition to the country's local citizens. They are doing so by promoting cheaper education, providing grants for eligible foreign students, and accommodating foreign students' language and academic needs. They are also purchasing the curriculums and accreditations of western schools to make their schools more appealing. There is question, however, if these schools are well equipped to train the international physician. It is a concern to many that these schools cannot truly train a physician to practice anywhere in the world. Many believe that medical schools are aiming to increase revenue at the sacrifice for producing inadequately trained medical personnel that can operate in any area of the world after graduation. There are some that propose a universally acceptable medical school curriculum that all medical schools must abide to maintain accreditation to address this issue. Composing such a curriculum, however, is an extremely difficult to accomplish. Educational methods in different areas of the world differ based on the...
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...Annual Report 2012 Introduction The International Medical School 2020 project (IMS 2020) aims to harness the ever growing momentum of internationalization in medical training and research and channel this into a quality label that will measure levels of internationalization at medical schools worldwide thus identifying leading international medical schools. In addition and in preparation for this label, IMS 2020 has been developing specialized staff training courses (STCs) for applicant institutions. The IMS 2020 Project is coordinated by the Charité University Hospital in Berlin (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin). The project has nine project partners including six prominent European medical schools (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Université Paris Descartes, University of Antwerp, Sapienza Università di Roma, Karolinska Institutet, Medical University of Warsaw), one Australian medical school (Monash University) and two advisory partners (Brussels Education Services and CHE Consult). Working together in the last two years the three project task forces (TFs) have established a label methodology design and a first indicator catalogue is nearing completion. Additionally six exemplary local STCs focusing on internationalization in medical teaching and research were held in spring 2012. A database of these STCs should be available to label applicants by the end of the project period. Now, in autumn 2012 the third and final project year is about to commence. With the label...
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...anesthesiologist they start with an undergraduate degree. The undergraduate degree requires four years of physics, chemistry, biology and math. Those classes are crucial in order to move on to the next step. These classes aren’t classes you can just go through, these classes contain material that will be used in many different ways on the path to success. Once a masters degree or also known as an undergraduate degree is achieved, one must take the well known and also dreaded test to get acceptance into medical school. This test is called the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). The MCAT is a test that challenges your verbal, writing, math and physics skills. The requirements for medical school are a minimum of three years of college even though many have bachelors degree or different type of advanced degree. Admission to medical school is highly competitive, the people that do choose to apply to medical school know much better than to slack off or start procrastinating. During medical school the four years are split into two...
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...M.D. Education System Characteristics One of the most difficult processes an undergraduate student can undergo is the application experience for medical school education. The requirements are difficult for a reason. Medical school education requires highly motivated individuals with highly intelligent academic capabilities and highly competitive personalities to survive the rigorous educational process. Admission into medical school may not technically require completion of a previous degree, but applicants are usually required to complete at least 3 years of "pre-med" courses at the university level because in the US medical degrees are classified as Second entry degrees. According to the American Medical Association, Over 133 M.D. education programs are available in the country. It also mentions Total active enrollment by US medical schools in 2009 was 77,722 and Nebraska accounted for 1,006 of the enrolled students. U.S. medical schools received 546,817 applications from 42,315 applicants, an average of 13 per applicant. There were also 31,946 first-time applicants. The average length in time in Medical school is composed of different factors. To become a certified practicing physician, a student must go through these states which have different time spans. The different states are Pre medical school (Pre-med), medical school, Internship, residency, fellowship and board certification. Pre medical school- students engage in activities that prepare them for medical school...
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...appraised by an individual as "challenging" or "threatening". When students appraise their education as a challenge, stress can bring them a sense of competence and an increased capacity to learn. When education is seen as a threat, however, stress can elicit feelings of helplessness and a foreboding sense of loss. A critical issue concerning stress among students is its effect on learning. The Yerkes-Dodson law (1908) postulates that individuals under low and high stress learn the least and that those under moderate stress learn the most. A field study and laboratory tests support the notion that excessive stress is harmful to students' performance. Mechanisms that explain why students perform badly under stress include "hypervigilance" (excessive alertness to a stressful situation resulting in panic--for example, over studying for an exam) and "premature closure" (quickly choosing a solution to end a stressful situation--for example, rushing through an exam). WHAT IS STRESSFUL FOR UNDERGRADUATES? Students react to college in a variety of ways. For some students, college is stressful because it is an abrupt change from high school. For others, separation from home is a source of stress. Although some stress is necessary for personal growth to occur, the amount of stress can overwhelm a student and affect the ability to cope. Since World War II, changes in American higher education include growth in the size and...
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...Executive Summary The purpose of writing this report is to evaluate and provide sound advices to the company, Venture Simulation Ltd on its business simulation game, Sim Venture. Several recommendations will be given for future improvements based on the main business areas of the company. In recent years, the business simulation industry is growing rapidly. With outstanding product design and feature, more and more educational institutes and commercial organizations demand the business simulation to provide their students and staffs quality business and entrepreneurship learning. Since there is a potential market opportunity for the product, it is necessary to introduce a new product and implement an aggressive marketing strategy in the existing and new market in order to obtain sustainable competitive advantage for larger market shares. For scaling the venture, the owners emphasize the long lasting customer relationships to enhance the customer loyalty to the product. Effective intellectual property protection strategy must also be executed in order to prevent others from copying the simulation. Finally, several innovative strategies including effective marketing strategy, introduction of new product, penetrations of new markets are strongly recommended for better future business growth. Table of Contents Executive Summary Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Background of the Company 1 3. Market Opportunity 2 4. Product...
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...The online business simulaTion game ThaT makes learning fun! Player manual Contents game basics Starting a game Finding your way around 2 3 Core activities Ordering product Making sales Increasing your sales Hiring staff game score Key Indicators Game characters 4 6 Checking progress Current week Stock levels Purchase reporting systems Check effect of promotions Financial reports Customer comments options a-Z system requirements faQ: game sites 7 8 8 9 The online business simulaTion game ThaT makes learning fun! Game basics The Small Business Game is an educational game where you run your own sport franchise store (The Sports Store). Each full game starts at week 1 and moves through to week 52 when the game ends. You can leave and come back at any time – we will save the game from your last week of inputs. A game week is pretty much like any week in a retail sports store business. Each week customers come in, browse and (maybe) buy a product from you. Each week you need to make sure that you have enough stock for people to buy, manage your cash and keep you eye on what is happening. starting a game During the registration process you assigned a team. This selection will set up the branding to be used in the game. Once you have been registered for the game, to get started, follow these steps. Click, ‘play now’ from any screen in the web site. To start a new game, click on the ‘new game’ button. To restart...
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...REAL-TY-COON Alternative method of teaching is a very important tool to encourage students to learn in a fun and meaningful way. Simulation game is one of the ways to achieve that. A simulation game is a dramatic view of real life situations for the serious purpose of learning about real experiences in a controlled environment. Students of CEC from IIM Raipur created and conceptualized a simulation game, REAL-TY-COON. The main objective of the game is to replicate real life scenario of construction business. The game is based on the concept of demand and supply and how market prices of products are determined. The game consisted of 5 set of teams. 4 set of teams played the role of suppliers and 1 played the role of builders. The division of teams was done as follows: Team Type | Teams | No. of Players | Builders | 5 | 4 | Cement Suppliers | 3 | 2 | Sand Suppliers | 3 | 2 | Stone Suppliers | 3 | 2 | Steel Suppliers | 3 | 2 | The game has 5 rounds. In each round, builders have to build a specific building allocated to them. To build any of the buildings, they have to buy adequate amount of cement, stone, steel and sand from the suppliers. They will be provided with fixed initial amount of cash. Builders can approach bank to get additional cash at a fixed rate of 10% which will be applicable for that round only, carrying forward loan for each extra round will attract an additional 5% rate per round. In case the builders are not able to get a deal from the...
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...November 2013 Changes to USMLE® 2014 – 2015 As medicine and medical education have changed over the years, so have USMLE examinations evolved since they were first administered in 1992. This is a brief summary of planned changes for the next few years. USMLE STEP 3 What WILL change? Beginning November 2014, examinees will: Be able to schedule the exam on two nonconsecutive days; NOT need to apply for Step 3 under the eligibility requirements of a specific medical licensing authority; See increased numbers of items that assess an expanded range of competency-based content, including foundational science essential for effective healthcare; biostatistics, epidemiology, and population health; literature interpretation; medical ethics; and patient safety. What WILL NOT change? The Step 3 exam will continue to: Focus on knowledge and application of the biomedical and clinical sciences necessary for independent patient care; Include multiple-choice questions and computer-based case simulations; Be administered over two days, for a total time comparable to current testing time; Result in a single score (with graphical performance profile information) and a single pass/fail outcome after completion of both examination days. The two exam days will be named Step 3 Foundations of Independent Practice (FIP) and Step 3 Advanced Clinical Medicine (ACM). Important to Note Registration for the current Step 3 examination will end July 31, 2014. Registration...
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...Chapter 51. Enhancing Patient Safety in Nursing Education Through Patient Simulation Carol Fowler Durham, Kathryn R. Alden Background The alarming rise in morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients throughout the United States heightens concerns about professional competency.1 Nurses and other health care professionals are under increased scrutiny to provide safe, effective care. Likewise, nursing education programs are faced with increased pressure to produce graduates who are capable of providing safe patient care. Toward that end, nursing education programs develop curricula, hire qualified faculty, and select learning experiences for students in an effort to train and graduate competent, effective nurses. The instructional strategies utilized in both didactic and clinical components of nursing education courses are highly influential in determining critical thinking and clinical decisionmaking ability as well as in developing the psychomotor skill performance of new graduates. Of course, it is unrealistic to think that graduates of nursing education programs have received all the training they need when they depart the doors of academia. Orientation programs for new graduates and continuing education for nurses are essential tools to help practitioners improve their knowledge, skills, and expertise so that quality patient care is provided and outcomes are optimized while errors are minimized. Ongoing evaluation of nursing competence is necessary...
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...National League for Nursing Evaluation and Learning Advisory Committee (ELAC) ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION ELAC Members: Marilyn H. Oermann (Chair) Karen Saewert (Chair-elect) Pamela Rutar Suzanne Yarbrough Sub-committee Members: Reba Childress Dawne-Marie Dunbar Sally Erdel Barbara Haas Evelyn Hayes Debra Hurd Sheila Kyle Gayle Preheim, Chair Linda Siktberg Gale R. Woolley, Chair A comprehensive literature review was completed, reflecting best practices in assessment, evaluation, and grading in nursing. This annotated bibliography of the literature is organized into four areas: assessment and evaluation in (a) the classroom, (b) the online environment, (c) clinical practice, and (d) learning and simulation laboratories. There is a fifth section that provides references on the assessment of psychomotor learning and performance; that section is not annotated. This work was completed by members of ELAC and its subcommittees as noted above. 1 CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT Ahmad, N. (2002). Evaluation of teaching: Through eyes of students. Plano: Institutional Research Office, Collin County Community College District. This article reviews the student evaluations instruments used to evaluate learning and faculty in the classroom. The purpose of this article was to search for come standardized instruments of student evaluations. Instruments used are: Individual Developmental and Educational Assessment (IDEA), Student Assessment of Learning...
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...Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2008 Five Forces Driving Game Technology Adoption Roger D. Smith U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Orlando, FL roger.smith14@us.army.mil ABSTRACT The computer gaming industry has begun to export powerful products and technologies from its initial entertainment roots to a number of “serious” industries. Games are being adopted for defense, medicine, architecture, education, city planning, and government applications. Each of these industries is already served by an established family of companies that typically do not use games or the technologies that support them. The rapid growth in the power of game technologies and the growing social acceptance of these technologies has created an environment in which these are displacing other industry-specific computer hardware and software suites. This paper introduces five specific forces that compel industries to adopt game technologies for their core products and services. These five forces are computer hardware costs, game software power, social acceptance, other industry successes, and native industry experimentation. Together these influence the degree and rapidity at which game technologies are adopted in a number of industries. The military simulation industry is just one of the many industries that are being impacted by these technologies and the five forces are affecting it just as they are many other...
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...High-Fidelity Simulation Opal Nutter Chamberlain College Instructional Methods NR522 Susan Walsh November 18, 2012 High-Fidelity Simulation There is a global concern regarding health care education. Budget constraints, faculty shortages, and lack of clinical sites are just a few concerns of nursing programs. Nurse educators seek teaching strategies that promote students that are highly skilled practitioners. Students must learn how to transfer their knowledge and learned skills into their clinical practice. It is the nurse educator’s goal to “produce safe and competent registered nurse” (Reid Searl, Eaton, Vieth, & Happell, 2011, p. 2758). Sufficient clinical experience is challenged as there is an increased demand for nursing schools to produce nurses that are competent, with the increasingly “ill population, coupled with the shortage of faculty” (Sportsman et al., 2009, p. 67). High Fidelity Simulation (HFS) is a method of providing students with clinical experience that is essential in developing the skills and knowledge. Many nursing programs are now using HFS in their curriculum. These simulators “allow students to experience high-risk, low volume patient problems in a realistic setting” (Tuoriniemi & Schott Baer, 2008, p. 105). The HFS are full size mannequins that can respond verbally and physiologically to the students interventions as well as omissions of care (Leigh & Hurst, 2008). The HFS offers students many advantages. This method...
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