Online educational programs have transformed and globalized distance education. With evolving technology, simulation scenarios in an asynchronous online environment enables educators and students to collaborate and conduct training and problem solving while developing personal, technical, and clinical skills essential for the transition into a professional role. The importance of providing an opportunity for clinical skills simulation training in remote environments allows healthcare providers to develop critical thinking skills as they enter highly sophisticated healthcare environments.
Learning based on experiences is essential. Unfortunately, current distance learning programs are limited to training videos, video streaming, and didactic content. This type of learning does not provide the physical motor skills training required for many health occupations. As a result, the need for remote clinical skills training systems is limited.
Lisa Hachey and Tamara Pavlik-Maus have invented a Mobile-Learning Technology for Clinical Skills Training in an Asynchronous Distance-Learning (online) Nurse Practitioner (NP) program. This training system stores computer-readable instructions to display a real time anatomic virtual representation and provide feedback to the user based on device position.