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International Collaboration to Advance Simulation in Nursing
Clinical Simulation in Nursing (2009) 5, e201-e202
www.elsevier.com/locate/ecsn
International Simulation Perspectives
International Collaboration to Advance Simulation in Nursing Editorial A 3-year project led by Pamela Jeffries, DNS, on behalf of the National League for Nursing (NLN) and Laerdal Medical is completing work this year. Many of you may have already accessed the Simulation Innovation Resource Center (SIRC) at http://sirc.nln.org. An important aspect of this work is the input given by a group of international nursing simulation experts, part of the project team together with nine U.S. authors, the technical team, and staff representing this NLNeLaerdal Medical alliance activity. Every day we are witnessing exponential global growth in the integration and use of simulation within health care environments. The SIRC project has enabled nurse simulation experts from Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, and Norway to come together annually, through the support of Laerdal Medical, and provide international social, cultural, and development perspectives to the project (http://sirc.nln.org/mod/resource/view.php?id¼347). Primarily, this group has provided international context to the nine existing courses on the SIRC site. Since the first face-to-face meeting in Connecticut in 2007, the international group has realized common interests and goals and continued contact between annual meetings. Group members have advanced their own professional development by sharing ideas, information, and data and by extending international networks through referral to others’ colleagues. Similarly, the group has consolidated liaison and collaboration with the U.S. nursing authors and project team. Hovancsek provided leadership on a publication from this group that highlights the unique challenges and benefits of building international simulation communities of practice (Hovancsek et al., 2009). Further courses are being developed for the SIRC site, and several international group members are coauthors in this endeavor, a great initiative to consolidate and extend international collaboration.
1876-1399/09/$ - see front matter.
doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2009.05.063
Through a larger profile and greater media attention, health care simulation is now clearly on the radar of government agencies and patient safety groups around the world. Large-scale funding is beginning to emerge from government sources rather than hospitals or universities solely. In Australia in late 2008, the Council of Australian Governments (http://www.coag.gov.au/, accessed March 26, 2009) announced $AUD 97 million of funding for increasing access for all health care staff, particularly in regional and rural areas, to upgraded or new simulation learning environments. A recent report from the U.K. Chief Medical Officer recommends seven vital actions going forward so that ‘‘simulation training in all its forms will be a vital part of building a safer health care system’’ (http://www. dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Annual Reports/DH_096206, accessed March 26, 2009). The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) has championed the use of new simulation technologies in basic and continuing education for health professionals. CPSI has instituted a research program to advance the dissemination of knowledge across professional groups (http://www.patient safetyinstitute.ca/English/About/Pages/default.aspx, accessed July 3, 2009). The next few years will realize major growth in simulation, interprofessional learning, and research outcomes that may shed light on current elusive questions. Each country and region around the world is realizing the importance of simulation-based education in health care and continuing professional development. For those more advanced in these educational strategies, there is rich information to share with those embarking on this road. Research activities as described in this journal will assist the health care community to define and understand best practices in simulation to improve clinical competence and patient safety. The aim of subsequent columns is to highlight international issues and showcase simulation initiatives to extend our international communities of practice. Kind regards,
International Collaboration to Advance Simulation in Nursing Michelle Kelly, MN, BSc, RN (doctoral student) Lecturer; Project Manager: Curriculum Technologies Integration Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
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Reference Hovancsek, M., Jeffries, P. R., Escudero, E., Foulds, B. J., Husebo, S. E., Iwamoto, Y., et al. (2009). Creating simulation communities of practice: An international perspective. Nursing Education Perspectives, 30(2), 121-125.
pp e201-e202 Clinical Simulation in Nursing Volume 5 Issue 6
www.elsevier.com/locate/ecsn
International Simulation Perspectives
International Collaboration to Advance Simulation in Nursing Editorial A 3-year project led by Pamela Jeffries, DNS, on behalf of the National League for Nursing (NLN) and Laerdal Medical is completing work this year. Many of you may have already accessed the Simulation Innovation Resource Center (SIRC) at http://sirc.nln.org. An important aspect of this work is the input given by a group of international nursing simulation experts, part of the project team together with nine U.S. authors, the technical team, and staff representing this NLNeLaerdal Medical alliance activity. Every day we are witnessing exponential global growth in the integration and use of simulation within health care environments. The SIRC project has enabled nurse simulation experts from Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, and Norway to come together annually, through the support of Laerdal Medical, and provide international social, cultural, and development perspectives to the project (http://sirc.nln.org/mod/resource/view.php?id¼347). Primarily, this group has provided international context to the nine existing courses on the SIRC site. Since the first face-to-face meeting in Connecticut in 2007, the international group has realized common interests and goals and continued contact between annual meetings. Group members have advanced their own professional development by sharing ideas, information, and data and by extending international networks through referral to others’ colleagues. Similarly, the group has consolidated liaison and collaboration with the U.S. nursing authors and project team. Hovancsek provided leadership on a publication from this group that highlights the unique challenges and benefits of building international simulation communities of practice (Hovancsek et al., 2009). Further courses are being developed for the SIRC site, and several international group members are coauthors in this endeavor, a great initiative to consolidate and extend international collaboration.
1876-1399/09/$ - see front matter.
doi:10.1016/j.ecns.2009.05.063
Through a larger profile and greater media attention, health care simulation is now clearly on the radar of government agencies and patient safety groups around the world. Large-scale funding is beginning to emerge from government sources rather than hospitals or universities solely. In Australia in late 2008, the Council of Australian Governments (http://www.coag.gov.au/, accessed March 26, 2009) announced $AUD 97 million of funding for increasing access for all health care staff, particularly in regional and rural areas, to upgraded or new simulation learning environments. A recent report from the U.K. Chief Medical Officer recommends seven vital actions going forward so that ‘‘simulation training in all its forms will be a vital part of building a safer health care system’’ (http://www. dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Annual Reports/DH_096206, accessed March 26, 2009). The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) has championed the use of new simulation technologies in basic and continuing education for health professionals. CPSI has instituted a research program to advance the dissemination of knowledge across professional groups (http://www.patient safetyinstitute.ca/English/About/Pages/default.aspx, accessed July 3, 2009). The next few years will realize major growth in simulation, interprofessional learning, and research outcomes that may shed light on current elusive questions. Each country and region around the world is realizing the importance of simulation-based education in health care and continuing professional development. For those more advanced in these educational strategies, there is rich information to share with those embarking on this road. Research activities as described in this journal will assist the health care community to define and understand best practices in simulation to improve clinical competence and patient safety. The aim of subsequent columns is to highlight international issues and showcase simulation initiatives to extend our international communities of practice. Kind regards,
International Collaboration to Advance Simulation in Nursing Michelle Kelly, MN, BSc, RN (doctoral student) Lecturer; Project Manager: Curriculum Technologies Integration Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
e202
Reference Hovancsek, M., Jeffries, P. R., Escudero, E., Foulds, B. J., Husebo, S. E., Iwamoto, Y., et al. (2009). Creating simulation communities of practice: An international perspective. Nursing Education Perspectives, 30(2), 121-125.
pp e201-e202 Clinical Simulation in Nursing Volume 5 Issue 6