Application of Simulated Person Methodology to Enhance Professional Development Among Post Secondary Students

Funding Source

Academic Innovation Fund Category I, 2016  

Publication  

  • Peisachovich, E., Johnson, S*., Epstein, I., Da Silva, C., Gal, R., Appel, L., & Popovic. C. (2018).  Simulated-person methodology workshop: Enhancing pedagogical practices within higher education. International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 8(4), 3283– 3293.  
  • Peisachovich, E., Nelles, L. J., Murtha, S., Popovic, C., Epstein, I., & Da Silva, C. (2017). Proposing an innovative and collaborative model to embed a simulated-person methodology program within higher education. Innovation in Teaching and Education International, Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14703297.2017.1399808  

Presentation  

  • Peisachovich, E., Gal, R., Nelles, L. J. (2017, January). An affordable model to sustain a simulated-person methodology program within higher education. Presented at the Third Annual Conference of Medical Education, Haifa, Israel.  
  • Peisachovich, E., & Gal, R. (2017, January). Initiative to enhance experiential teaching learning through application of simulated-person methodology. Presented at the 17th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Orlando, USA.  
  • Peisachovich, E. H., Da Silva C., Gal, R., & Hynes, L. (2018, September). Experiences of learners of simulated-person methodology in an athletic therapy program. The 24th World Congress on Medical Law and Ethics, Tel Aviv, Israel September 6. 
  • Peisachovich, E., Gal, R. (2017, March). Understanding the experiences of nursing students when interacting with simulated patients: Case study design. Poster presented at the Third Annual Conference of Medical Education, Haifa, Israel. 
  • Peisachovich, E., Nelles, L. J., Gal, R., Nicholson, L., Johnson, S., Gaitana, G., Bertram, M., Phillips, A., Gola, M., & Epstein, I. (2017, May). Using simulated-person methodology in the classroom: An experiential teaching-learning initiative for educators, learners, and simulators. Poster presented at the International Council of Nurses Congress, Barcelona, Spain. 
  • Peisachovich, E., Nelles, L. J., Johnson, S*., Gal, R., Nicholson, L., Kerr, B., & Hynes, L. (2017, May). Application of simulated-person methodology: An interactive pedagogy to engage post-secondary students. Presented at the Teaching in Focus 2017 Conference, Toronto, ON. 
  • Peisachovich, E., & Gal, R. (2016, May). Exploring the experience of undergraduate nursing students with human-simulation methodology as a form of experiential-education approach. Presented at the 2016 CASN Canadian Nursing Education Conference, Toronto, ON.  
  • Peisachovich, E. (2016, April). Experiences of 4th year nursing students with human simulators in their transition to practice. Poster presented at the STTI/NLN Nursing Education Research Conference, Washington, DC, USA. 



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