Simulations within Healthcare
If you are designing simulation-based training within healthcare settings, the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) have published the Simulation-Based Education Standards Framework, with accompanying guidance to best practice and evidence from the literature.
The principles for assessment are:
• the assessment is based on the intended learning outcomes of the exercise, with clarity regarding the knowledge, skills and attitudes and is appropriately tailored to professional curricula to be evaluated
• the psychological safety of the learner is considered and is appropriately supported
• faculty have a responsibility for patient safety and to raise concerns regarding learner performance within educational settings, including SBE interventions.
How could simulations be embedded within your programme or module to provide an authentic assessment opportunity?