Intergration of simulation into curriculum

[jiabab]

Hi I have been appointed as Learning Resource Coordinator for the Cochran School of Nursing, and I am looking for information regarding intergration of simulation into the nursing curriculum. I am out on the web and in the library looking for comprehensable information regarding intergrating simulation into curriculum, but I have not been successful I would appreciate any and all feed back that I get. Thank you.:)

[Amanda]

Hello,

To assist you - my first question is where are you based? METI has teams across the world who can help and so that would give you the best information. METI in partnership with Universities internationally has developed three packages for Nursing - "Programme for Nursing Curriculum Integration (PNCI) " - one for USA, one for Canada and one for the UK - there are similarities and to give you an idea I have given you the links to have a look

If you visit : -

http://www.meti.com/mymeti/education_main.html

and click on the icons that relate to the PNCI starting with " Overview" this will help .

Also for references firstly visit : _

http://www.meti.com/mymeti/downloads_main.html

where there are two articles.

METI host conferences around the world and at the end of the conferences on " Wrap Up" you have the opportunity to download all the talks and many include their references - these are all located on

http://www.hpsn.com/

If you wanted to talk to someone in more detail from an educational perspective - if you go to

http://www.meti.com/mymeti/contact_main.php

you can "Ask an Expert" and send an email to that person who can assist

Finally the Simulation Societies publish journals where there is research , here are their web pages

http://www.inacsl.org/
http://www.ssih.org/public/
http://www.sesam-web.org/
http://www.ijocs.org/Default.aspx

I hope that helps to get you started,

best wishes,

Amanda