title: Fostering Learning Through Interprofessional Virtual Reality Simulation Development.
abstract: This article presents a unique strategy for improving didactic learning and clinical skill while simultaneously fostering interprofessional collaboration and communication. Senior-level nursing students collaborated with students enrolled in the Department of Interactive Media Studies to design a virtual reality simulation based upon disaster management and triage techniques. Collaborative creation of the simulation proved to be a strategy for enhancing students' knowledge of and skill in disaster management and triage while impacting attitudes about interprofessional communication and teamwork.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nicely
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farra
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004189:Disaster Planning; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D017145:Models, Educational; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D014218:Triage; D014584:User-Computer Interface