Let's Talk SIM

Pondering & Prebriefing

Let's Talk SIM

Show Notes

In the sixth and final episode of season two of Let’s Talk SIM, host Kyle Johnson, PhD, RN, CHSE, Associate Dean for Simulation & Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing caught up with Dr. Niki Fogg, Director of Simulation Education and Technology and is an Associate Professor at Texas Woman’s University (TWU), to touch on Prebriefing and Debriefing. Dr. Fogg gives an inside look into her dissertation on patient care, using the NCSBN Clinical Judgement Measurement Model, and her work sharing best practices in the clinical education environment.

*Learn More*

https://www.linkedin.com/in/niki-fogg-35333611/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S187613992300066X

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1557308723001592

https://journals.lww.com/neponline/fulltext/2023/07000/alternative_clinical_learning_experiences_for.16.aspx

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1557308723000732

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