Michelle Honey School of Nursing, University of Auckland (4/11/10, Civic 2, 10.30)

1. Michelle HoneySchool of Nursing, University of AucklandKelley ConnorDepartment of Nursing, Boise State University, Idaho USA Transforming Learning: Using a Multi-User Virtual Environment for simulation

3. Mimics real-life

4. Trained role-players

5. High-fidelity mannequins

6. Genuine equipment

7. Authenticity

8. safe method for development of skills, competency & confidence through practice

10. Multiple simultaneous users

11. Person uses an ‘avatar’

12. Avatars interact with objects & each other

14. Developed by Linden Labs

15. Free to download

16. http://secondlife.com

17. 1 million individual users/month access S.Life

18. Other MUVEs –

19. Active Worlds (http://activeworlds.org)

20. Twinity(http://twinity.com)

21. Croquet Consortium (http://www.opencroquet.org)

23. Undergraduate nursing students

24. Based on scenario of woman with postpartum haemorrhage

25. Small number of student volunteers

26. 2 sessions of the simulation–1 from each School of Nursing

27. Roles

28. 3 student nurses

29. 1 patient (nurse educator) and 1 senior nurse (nurse educator)

30. 1 family member (student or educator)

31. Learning focus:

32. Recognizing abnormal presentation in a postpartum assessment

33. Nursing interventions for haemorrhage

37. Orient students to environment

38. How to wash hands, take pulse

40. Debrief *****

42. Findings - Students Overwhelmingly positive Enjoyed the novelty “Weird and fun” Scenario “seemed real” “We had to think and act quickly” “Taught me about responding and thinking on my feet” A sense of realism

43. Findings -Nurse educators Need for practice Previous simulation experience helped Valuable lessons from pilot Students need adequate preparation Testing (found call button was missing) Debrief is essential

44. Findings -technology Problems likely to occur Repeated testing Sound issues Creation of environment & props time intensive Borrow, share, or buy existing virtual props NZ – extra problems re internet speed

46. Identify Learning Topic

47. Select the medium

48. Prepare the medium

49. Pre-simulation preparation

50. Prepare the educators

51. Orient students

52. Running the simulation

53. Debrief

54. Evaluate