title: Weaving the tapestry of learning: simulation, standardized patients, and virtual communities.
abstract: Using situated cognition learning theory, nursing faculty developed simulated clinical learning experiences integrating virtual communities and standardized patients. These learning experiences provide authenticity and realism not easily achieved using the individual techniques in isolation. The authors describe the process of weaving these strategies into a rich learning experience for students.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Mr Holland, Dr Landry, and Mss Mountain and Middlebrooks), Baccalaureate Nursing Student (Ms Heim), Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies (Dr Missildine), College of Nursing, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Bryan.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Landry
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mountain
authors.forename: Mary Alice
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Middlebrooks
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Missildine
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009732:Nursing Care; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016544:Patient Simulation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface