A simulation model for improving learner and health outcomes

Michelle Aebersold; Marita G Titler

doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2014.05.011

A simulation model for improving learner and health outcomes

Nurs Clin North Am. 2014 Sep;49(3):431-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2014.05.011.

Authors

Michelle Aebersold¹, Marita G Titler²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Systems Leadership and Effectiveness Science, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Room 4156, 400 North Ingalls Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482, USA. Electronic address: mabersol@med.umich.edu.
² Division of Systems Leadership and Effectiveness Science, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Room 4170, 400 North Ingalls Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482, USA.

PMID: 25155540
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2014.05.011

Abstract

Simulation has become a necessary and integral part of education for prelicensure and ongoing education of health care practitioners. To guide this process, the Simulation Model for Improving Learner and Health Outcomes (SMILHO) model provides a framework to design the experience from a science of learning approach and links it to learner and health outcomes to add to the knowledge base. Much work has been done in this area, and the SMILHO model will support the future work needed to continue to create effective simulation-based learning experiences and move research from knowledge and skill evaluation to learner and health outcomes.

Keywords: Best practices; Health outcomes; Learner outcomes; Model; Simulation; Simulation-based learning.

MeSH terms

Education, Professional / methods*
Humans
Learning*
Models, Educational*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care*
Patient Simulation*