Effective Solutions for Competency-Based Education

Start by practicing fundamental skills and gain hands-on experience with our Modular Skills Trainer, which offers multiple opportunities for practice, across 16 different clinical skills. Implement RQI^® for Nursing, for high-quality CPR training or teach students how to use Electronic Health Record (EHR) in a safe and realistic setting with DocuCare.

With SimCapture for Skills you can empower students to engage in self-directed learning and encourage peer-to-peer learning, reducing the faculty time required for skill training and remediation.

Next, challenge your students to demonstrate their procedural skills and basic decision-making abilities with NextGen vSim^® for Nursing. This web-based solution allows students to independently practice caring for specific types of patients in various contexts of care.

Take it even further with vrClinicals, where students enter a Virtual Reality environment to build critical thinking, time management, and clinical prioritization skills.

Moving along the scaffolded approach to more advanced learning, assessments should be captured and tracked digitally for consistency, efficiency, and transparency. This is why we recommend SimCapture, which enables students to demonstrate clinical judgment and competencies. Performance data is instantly uploaded for evaluation against defined standards. 

For simulation activities at this level, we advocate for using the highest fidelity simulators available. For Nursing education, we particularly recommend our highly acclaimed Nursing Anne Simulator, designed to help train for the highest level of care. When paired with Scenario Cloud, you also get access to hundreds of expert-developed scenarios from clinical professionals.

Start by practicing fundamental skills and gain hands-on experience with our NG Tube and Trach Care Trainer designed for instructions in care of patients with respiratory conditions and the practice of gastrointestinal care procedures via nasal and oral access.

For high-quality CPR training consider implementing RQI, our Resuscitation Quality Improvement program for Nursing Education.

Next, challenge your students to demonstrate their procedural skills and basic decision-making abilities with NextGen vSim^® for Nursing | Advanced Medical-Surgical/Critical Care. This web-based solution allows students to independently practice caring for specific types of patients in various contexts of care.

Continuing with this scaffolded approach, we reach the highest layers where students can practice complex decision-making and demonstrate their competencies during real clinical practice. Assessments at this advanced level should be captured and tracked digitally for consistency, efficiency, and transparency. This is why we recommend using SimCapture, which enables students to demonstrate clinical judgment and competencies, instantly uploading performance data for evaluation against defined standards.

For simulation activities at this level, we advocate for using the highest fidelity simulators available. For Nursing education focusing on Critical Care, we particularly recommend SimMan^® Critical Care, one of the most advanced emergency care patient simulators. SimMan Critical Care is designed for training in respiratory and critical care interventions.

When paired with Scenario Cloud you also get access to expert-developed Advanced MedSurg and Critical Care scenarios from clinical professionals.

Start by practicing fundamental skills and gain hands-on experience with MamaBirthie (included with any MamaAnne purchase), our birthing simulator designed to help learners with vaginal and operative births, and MamaBreast for training on proper breastfeeding positioning and attachment.

Next, challenge your students to demonstrate their procedural skills and basic decision-making abilities with NextGen vSim^® for Nursing | Maternity and Pediatric. This web-based solution allows students to independently practice caring for specific types of patients in various contexts of care.

Continuing with this scaffolded approach, we reach the highest layers where students can practice complex decision-making and demonstrate their competencies during real clinical practice. Assessments at this advanced level should be captured and tracked digitally for consistency, efficiency, and transparency. This is why we recommend using SimCapture, which enables students to demonstrate clinical judgment and competencies, instantly uploading performance data for evaluation against defined standards. 

While SimCapture is invaluable at this level, it's also advantageous to utilize it across all layers, enhancing the overall learning experience. It tracks learners' progress at both individual and cohort levels, helping faculty identify those needing remediation and monitor improvement over time.

For simulation activities at this level, we advocate for using the highest fidelity simulators available. For Nursing education focusing on maternity, we particularly recommend MamaAnne, our new maternal and birthing simulator designed to give the highest level of obstetric and maternal care training, and SimNewB^® a newborn simulator, designed to help improve neonatal resuscitation.​
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When paired with Scenario Cloud you also get access to maternity scenarios developed by National League for Nursing (NLN).