title: High-fidelity simulation-based training in neonatal nursing.
abstract: Simulation-based training is a novel approach that facilitates the use of higher order thinking skills. Simulation-based training challenges medical professionals to develop cognitive, technical, and behavioral skills through the use of mannequins, working medical equipment, and human colleagues. During scenarios, trainees must make use of their knowledge base, analyze and synthesize factors contributing to the crises, and evaluate the effects of their actions. Feedback indicates that simulation-based training programs are more pertinent to and better accepted by adult learners than traditional programs. The instructional methodologies used in simulation-based training programs are more in line with the tenets of adult learning.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. kmello@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Yaeger
authors.forename: Louis P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Halamek
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coyle
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Jodee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Kristi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Braccia
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McAuley
authors.forename: Glenn De
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Sandre
authors.forename: Brad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D009359:Neonatology / Q000193:education*; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards