1. Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network 2018 General Assembly Presentation:
Learning From Each Other: Palliative Care Inter-Professional Education With High Fidelity Simulation
Steve Wilson, Ph.D., LCSW – School of Social Work
Joy Goebel, Ph.D., RN – School of Nursing
California State University, Long Beach

2. Project Overview
There is strong evidence that health care delivered by well-functioning teams can lead to improved outcomes for patients and families.
Yet too often the disciplines of social work and nursing educate their students for professional teamwork in discipline-specific silos.
Collaboration and teamwork skills can best be achieved when different professions engage in interactive interdisciplinary education (IPE).

3. Project Overview
One approach to enhancing IPE is through use of high-fidelity simulation (HFS). HFS is the use of computerized mannequins and simulated scenarios to replicate clinical situations.
Simulations include challenges with collaboration, communication, and shared decision-making in stressful clinical environments.
The use of HFS in IPE allows for experiential learning and the development of teamwork skills.

4. Project Overview
There is strong evidence that health care delivered by well-functioning teams can lead to improved outcomes for patients and families.
Yet too often the disciplines of social work and nursing educate their students for professional teamwork in discipline-specific silos.
Collaboration and teamwork skills can best be achieved when different professions engage in interactive interdisciplinary learning.

5. Project Overview
In March 2017, six (6) graduate Social Work students and six (6) senior Nursing students were recruited to participate in an Interdisciplinary Education Project conducted in the School of Nursing’s High Fidelity Simulation lab.

6. The IPE Process Pre-Simulation Homework for Students:
Details of the patient and family
Information about palliative care, advance directives, and decision-making by families in an acute care hospital.
Shared Mental Model with Students
“Pre-Sim” Prep Time and Role Assignments
Simulation Exercise (20-minutes)
Debriefing of Experience
Certificates of Achievement

7. Reviewing the Shared Mental Model

8. Pre-Sim Discussion and Role Assignments

9. A Palliative Care Sim Team with “Patient” Monique

10. Controlling the High Fidelity Simulation Mannequin

11. Debriefing After the Simulation: What Went Right? What Went Wrong?

12. Evaluation (n=18)
100% of student participants rated the IPE simulation experience as a “outstanding experience” and appreciated learning about collaboration and communication with another discipline.

13. Evaluation (n=18)
Nearly all the students reported that they wanted MORE IPE simulation experiences with diverse scenarios to enhance their professional teamwork in their clinical and field placement settings.

14. Questions and Discussion
Learning From Each Other: Palliative Care Inter-Professional Education With High Fidelity Simulation
Questions and Discussion

15. California State University, Long Beach
Thank you!
Steve Wilson, Ph.D., LCSW – School of Social Work
Joy Goebel, Ph.D., RN – School of Nursing