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Simulation in the context of NEASC Standards: The common ground and future directions. Dec. 8, 2011 Deborah Navedo, PhD, CPNP, CNE NEASC Annual Meeting CIHE Assessment Forum. Disclosures:. Navedo’s employer is accredited by NEASC. Otherwise none. 2.
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Simulation in the context of NEASC Standards: The common ground and future directions Dec. 8, 2011 Deborah Navedo, PhD, CPNP, CNE NEASC Annual Meeting CIHE Assessment Forum
Disclosures: • Navedo’s employer is accredited by NEASC. • Otherwise none. 2
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards • *Physical Therapy, Medical Imaging, and Communication Science and Disorders (CSD) • #Includes post-professional Certificate programs such as Health Professions Education. http://www.mghihp.edu/files/about-us/fact-sheet-fall-2010.pdf 4
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards • “Expectations are graduated by degree level …” (4.4) The Total Knee Replacement (TKR) home visit for nursing students… 5
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards • “Expectations are graduated by degree level …” (4.4) Medication reconciliation activity (Sample) 6
Expectations are graduated by degree level… (4.4): • “Expectations are graduated by degree level …” (4.4) BSN Students Confirm the right ones are there 7
Expectations are graduated by degree level… (4.4): MSN Students • Recognize context and environmental cues • Can’t reach medications from recliner • High sugar foods for diabetic • Identify and manage complications • Signs of confusion from pain medication • Signs of blood clots from immobility 8
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards • “Direct and Indirect measures of learner performance” (4.54) Student Outcomes examples: • Skills checklists • Procedural compliance • Time to completion 9
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards • “Direct and Indirect measures of learner performance” (4.54) Student outcome examples. • Comprehensive physical assessment • Avoidance of common complications • Documentation (such as medical record) • Clear communication of problem Summative Assessments 10
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards “Direct and Indirect measures of learner performance” (4.54) Can this be applied to formative assessment? Assessment for Learning • “Graduates … demonstrate competence in … the capability for continuing learning” (4.19) 11
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards • “Graduates … demonstrate competence in … the capability for continuing learning” (4.19) “Students … are provided with regular and constructive feedback designed to help them improve their achievement” (4.53). 12
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards • “Graduates … demonstrate competence in … the capability for continuing learning” (4.19) • Debriefing that emphasizes Reflection • Supportive environment • Fosters student self-evaluation and life-long learning skills. • Facilitator as guide, not judge • Adult learners (Knowles, 2005) • Autonomous and self-directed (internally motivated) • Need to connect learning with their own experiences • Goal-oriented • Need to see relevancy of learning • Need immediate feedback on progress 13
Simulation-based Assessment and NEASC Standards How is the efficacy of simulation being studied? • “… encourages experimentation with [teaching] methods to improve instruction.” (5.18) 14
Assessment and Instructional Improvement (Standard 5): Study coordinated by National Council of State Boards of Nursing • Randomized controlled longitudinal study of replacing parts of hospital-based clinical experience with structured simulation experience (up to 50%). 15
Assessment and Instructional Improvement (Standard 5): https://www.ncsbn.org/2094.htm 16
Future Directions in Assessment: • Assessment of student outcomes and teaching methods are evolving • Calls for curricular and instructional reform in the health professions are clear, and 17
Future Directions in Assessment: • A thoughtful robust approach to assessment, that reaches deeply in to the assessment toolbox for a variety of methods and perspectives, will be key to fully understanding and improving the learning outcomes in simulation. 18
References: • Popham, W. J. (2008). Classroom assessment: What teachers need to know (5th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. • Knowles, M., Holton, E. F., III; Swanson, R. A. (2005). The adult learner: The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development (6th ed.). Burlington, MA: Elsevier 20