Degree
Master of Education
Program
Education
Supervisor
Dr. Sandra DeLuca
Abstract
An expanding trend in health science education is to replace time spent in traditional clinical settings with high fidelity simulation (HFS). Utilizing a ethnographic methodology to observe students as they engaged in HFS and exploratory interviews to uncover student perceptions, this qualitative work sought to further understand the implications of this trend by exploring what students experienced when they interacted with HFS mannequins in simulated environments. Twenty five students attending a large Ontario community college participated in the twenty two HFS scenarios that were evaluated in this study. While the numerous benefits of HFS identified in the literature were also evident in this work, the results emerging from this study suggested that students do not perceive HFS as they do real life. The implications of this perception on the trend to replace time in clinical learning environments with HFS are presented in the discussion.
Recommended Citation
Hunter, Mark E., "High Fidelity Simulation: Panacea or Potential Problem?" (2016). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 3465.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/3465