Physical items that are present in the simulated setting that form the simulated system that student participants may interact with or utilize to achieve their goals
Exchanges that student participants have with others in the simulated context, such as peers, standardized patients and other simulated participants (e.g., patient, patient’s support person, anesthesiologist). Social interactions are also considered tools that student participants interact with or use to achieve their goals.
Diagnostic questioning, education and counseling, social and emotional support, and situational management
Structured interventions
Activities that student participants perform that are governed by a set of predetermined rules guiding the processes of how or when they are used.
Diagnostic activities (e.g., auscultation, palpation), therapeutic interventions (e.g., medication administration), and patient safety practices (e.g., hand hygiene)
