Synthesizing existing evidence and leveraging expert opinions to develop a university, for-profit, and not-for-profit organization partnership model to address health professions education gaps through simulation-based education

Healthcare providers in rural and remote (R&R) areas of Canada do not have the same access to skills development and maintenance opportunities as those in urban areas. Simulation-based education (SBE) is an optimal technique to allow healthcare providers to develop and maintain skills. However, SBE is mainly limited to universities or hospital-based research laboratories in urban areas. The purpose of this thesis was to develop a partnership model between university research laboratories, for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations to diffuse SBE into R&R communities. Phase A aimed to identify the problem and present a solution through an editorial paper. Phase B consisted of a scoping review to understand the current landscape of literature. Phase C was a qualitative descriptive study interviewing stakeholders to understand their perspective experiencing the partnership process. All three phases were consolidated to create a partnership model to deliver simulation solutions to R&R healthcare settings.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Health Sciences (MHSc)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Community, Public and Population Health

Grantor

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Siraj, Samyah

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Dubrowski, Adam
• Brunton, Ginny

• Healthcare provider training
• Simulation-based education
• Rural and remote
• Partnership model
• Health professions education

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10155/1751

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ontariotechu.scholaris.ca:10155/1751