Integrating Participant Polling with Virtual Simulation: Enhancing Critical Thinking

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This session presents an innovative solution to overcome the time and space challenges hospital-based educators faces today. Incorporating targeted interactive polling into critical-thinking exercises during virtual simulation can facilitate a meaningful critical care orientation to multiple students simultaneously across multiple campuses. This session details the processes and tools necessary to replicate this concept successfully in your organization.

Objectives

Describe how virtual simulation differs from other healthcare simulation methodologies.
Create meaningful critical-thinking scenarios using a validated scenario design template.
Discuss how integrating participant polling enhances critical thinking in a virtual simulation.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.