Swarm Intelligence & Team Adaption

Nature contains striking examples of collective behaviour as seen in social insects, fish and bird colonies. This collective behaviour is known as Swarm Intelligence (SI). S. Cristancho (2020) Journal Club Article Cristancho, S. M. (2021). On collective self‐healing and traces: How can swarm intelligence help us think differently about team adaptation?. Medical Education, 55(4), 441-447. Background The…

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Tomorrow is here: AI & Education

This article provides an insight into the use of technology and AI opportunites in the future of health care professionals. Opportunities for individual and the multi disciplinary team training development on how to train and provide experience in compartmentalised health care processes using AI along with simulation as an education coach. Education can be divided…

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Facilitation Instructions for In Situ Simulations

Needing to create or develop workplace simulations to support hospital guideline or policy training and build clinical skills in a safe and supportive learning environment? These resources are designed to assist in establishing a framework around implementing simulation programs in the healthcare clinical environment. Resource: AHRQ – Facilitation Instructions for Conducting In SitU Simulations This…

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International Nurses Day 2023

The World Health Organisation (WHO) are providing live webinars on International Nurses Day 2023 – theme of Hope, Peace & Health Security [details here]. The International Council of Nurses (ICN), the theme for International Nurses Day is A Voice to Lead: Our Nurses, Our Future and addresses the global health challenges exacerbated by the shortage…

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The Importance of Nursing Research

This is a short test of using AI in developing presentations using a few key words. The time saved in the initial creation phase, where the time is then spent on refining is very interesting especially in time or resource poor situations. Where the information was sourced from is unknown, so no references that I…

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AI Chatbot: Nursing Education Network

As AI generated search tools become more popular, this is a first delve into developing an AI search tool for this website. ChatShape was used to develop as it was user friendly and free! Please try the Nursing Education Network AI Chatbot: Nurse Educator, its not embeded into the blog as yet, as more work…

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The Hidden Curriculum

The term ‘hidden curriculum’ refers to an amorphous collection of implicit academic, social, and cultural messages, unwritten rules and unspoken expectations, and unofficial norms, behaviours and values of the dominant-culture context in which all teaching and learning is situated. These assumptions and expectations that are not formally communicated, established, or conveyed stipulate the ‘right’ way to think,…

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Artificial Intelligence & Presentations

This is my first dive into AI, and came across this resource for creating presentations. I only used the words ‘nursing’ and ‘ECMO service’ and no other background information to see what was created, and within 3 minutes the below presentation was generated [link here also]. Gamma is an AI A GPT-4 powered app that…

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Instruments for Assessing Healthcare Professionals Evidence Based Practice

As an educator you may want to measure knowledge and skills often with the focus on competence. This scoping review reports on various evidence based knowledge and skills instruments that could be utilised in clinical practice to assess healthcare professionals evidence based practice (EBP) knowledge and skills. This information could then be used to plan…

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VR Immersive Learning: Bundle Of Rays

Bundle of Rays is transforming healthcare education using immersive learning technologies & advancing the nursing profession through their unique AR & VR platform. Bundle of Rays was established by Bradley Chesham who is a nurse [more info here]. Take a look at how the immersive learning environment looks from the learners perspective at Bundle of…

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