title: Developing authentic clinical simulations for effective listening and communication in pediatric rehabilitation service delivery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the creation and validation of six simulations concerned with effective listening and interpersonal communication in pediatric rehabilitation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The simulations involved clinicians from various disciplines, were based on clinical scenarios related to client issues, and reflected core aspects of listening/communication. Each simulation had a key learning objective, thus focusing clinicians on specific listening skills. The article outlines the process used to turn written scenarios into digital video simulations, including steps taken to establish content validity and authenticity, and to establish a series of videos based on the complexity of their learning objectives, given contextual factors and associated macrocognitive processes that influence the ability to listen. A complexity rating scale was developed and used to establish a gradient of easy/simple, intermediate, and hard/complex simulations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The development process exemplifies an evidence-based, integrated knowledge translation approach to the teaching and learning of listening and communication skills.
authors.affiliation: a Bloorview Research Institute , Toronto , Ontario , Canada .|b Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada .
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: c Thames Valley Children's Centre , London , Ontario , Canada .|d Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital , Toronto , Ontario , Canada .
authors.forename: Tracy A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shepherd
authors.affiliation: c Thames Valley Children's Centre , London , Ontario , Canada .
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Servais
authors.affiliation: c Thames Valley Children's Centre , London , Ontario , Canada .
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Willoughby
authors.affiliation: c Thames Valley Children's Centre , London , Ontario , Canada .
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bolack
authors.affiliation: e Independent Consultant , Canada .
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Strachan
authors.affiliation: f School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University , London , Ontario , Canada , and.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moodie
authors.affiliation: c Thames Valley Children's Centre , London , Ontario , Canada .
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.affiliation: g Standardized Patient Program, University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Kerry
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Knickle
authors.affiliation: d Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital , Toronto , Ontario , Canada .
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: d Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital , Toronto , Ontario , Canada .
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.affiliation: g Standardized Patient Program, University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McNaughton
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003071:Cognition; D003142:Communication; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010290:Parents; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D013663:Teaching; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Communication skills; digital videos; fidelity; listening; pediatric rehabilitation; scenario; simulation