An Undergraduate Interprofessional Experience with Self-Learning Methodology in Simulation Environment (MAES©): A Qualitative Study

Abstract

This article describes the impact that a Self-learning Methodology in Simulated Environments can have on Interprofessional Education within a Crisis Resource Management simulated scenario. We used a qualitative approach. It is divided into three phases: study and design, plan of action, and analysis and evaluation. During the first phase of the study, there emerged a poor use of Interprofessional Education in the nursing and medical degrees, and it became apparent that there was a need for an implementation. Due to the possibility for better training for both technical and non-technical skills within Crisis Resource Management, a simulation scenario within this setting has been established as a learning baseline objective. The technique used to develop the scenario in the second phase of the study was the Self-learning Methodology in Simulated Environments. Its structure, comprising six items, was previously demonstrated in the literature as appropriate for healthcare degree students. The main result of the third phase shows an overall acceptance of an Interprofessional Education within Self-learning Methodology in Simulated Environments during the practice of a Crisis Resource Management scenario. The integrated application of a Self-learning Methodology in Simulated Environments, Interprofessional Education, and Crisis Resource Management result in a synergistic combination that allows students to share knowledge, technical, and non-technical skills using an innovative learning method.