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Peer Teaching in High-Fidelity Simulation

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Peer teaching provides students with opportunities to experience the educator role and increase self-confidence and problem-solving skills. To address the shortage of meaningful leadership experiences for senior baccalaureate nursing students, faculty implemented an alternative leadership experience involving senior students taking on the role of peer teachers in the high-fidelity simulation (HFS) laboratory. We conducted focus groups to assess peer teachers and learners' experiences and used thematic analysis to examine and interpret the data. Findings included the intersection of learning, HFS, clinical experience, and teaching; the benefits of practicing teaching in a safe environment; how empathy enhanced understanding of the continuum of expertise; and power differentials experienced by peer teachers and learners.

Source: Nurse Educator

DOI: 10.1097/nne.0000000000000540

Authors: Kay Lawrence, DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias, Robin Dawson Estrada, Vicki Long

Institutions: University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina Aiken

Language: English

Topic: Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute