Technology at the Columbia School of Nursing (SoN)
Where does the SoN employ technology? A Conversation with Jason Wright, Senior Associate Dean of Finance.
Scheduling of conference rooms is managed by Crestron panels. There is a link up to Outlook for reserving space including: student meeting rooms, individual rooms, and group study time. The School also uses Solstice and Mondopads.
New Innovations in Nursing Pedagogy: Kellie Bryant, Executive Director of Simulation gave a presentation to highlight the uses of simulation at the SoN. Research shows better outcomes when simulations are used in instruction. In the future, it’s expected that accrediting bodies are likely to require simulation as part of the instructional experience. Objectives include teaching new content, testing and evaluating students, and promoting patient safety.
How do the nursing students learn? Patient simulators are a hands-on way for nursing students to dive into diagnostics and patient care. Detailed patient information sets the scenario for actors (or mannequins) to have a 90 minute case simulation. Students rotate throughout the allotted time and pick up where the student before them left off his or her description of the case. The simulation ends with a debriefing.
What works well for students?
- The safe practice of rare, critical scenarios
- Immediate feedback is provided
- Partial mannequin bodies are used for training nurses so how to do specific procedures is clear
- Being in the actual work environment – i.e., labor and delivery suite, exam rooms, flex rooms, operating room, control room
- Mannequins are varied (adults, pediatric, OB/GYN, etc.) and capture data from all interactions which can be analyzed for feedback on student performance
- Hal is a new simulator mannequin of a 5 year-old with emotional responses
