Framework for the integration of simulation within pre registration healthcare courses

Successful integration of the simulation into a healthcare curriculum presents significant opportunities to enhance the quality, delivery and impact of education in healthcare training programmes. The “5 Stage Approach” is the first pedagogical framework of its kind to support the integration of simulation into healthcare curricula from the outset of training. This flexible framework allows for a gradual increase in cognitive load whilst building confidence and competence in a real-world ‘simmersive’ context. The approach consists of five stages; 1. Theoretical learning 2. Facilitated practical (Task Training) 3. Simulation consolidation (facilitated simulation) 4. Simulation days (Remote Facilitation) 5. Clinical practice. The integration of skills and simulation using this framework moves away from ‘task training’ and incorporates simulation earlier