2022 Volume 21 Pages 23-28
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to conduct fundamental nursing practicum in a face-to-face environment. We adopted a new approach: a fully remote practicum, that involved implementation of simulation exercises using simulated patient and student surrogates. Additionally, a web-based questionnaire survey was administered to 97 nursing students (sophomore) who took the course after the practicum to examine the possibilities and challenges of remote practicum. The survey response rate was 38.1%. Further, the average score of the remote simulation exercise was 7.38 on a 10-point scale. The students indicated that the exercise allowed them to experience the flow of nursing practicum and realistic interactions with a simulated patient. However, some students stated that it was difficult to interact with the simulated patient remotely for several reasons, including website malfunctions. Full-remote training has several limitations, such as the inability to allow students to experience real-life nursing practicum. Nevertheless, the advantages of simulation education, such as using multiple cameras that reflect the students’ perspective and angle of view-can be exploited to make it an effective training tool.
