Clinical Simulation in Nursing | 2021
The Missing Link: Cognitive Apprenticeship as a Mentorship Framework for Simulation Facilitator Development
Abstract
Abstract Increasingly, clinicians and clinical educators are using simulation-based education (SBE) as a valued educational modality within healthcare organizations. Typically, these facilitators have minimal time to dedicate to uninterrupted formal education and development. To enhance effective use of SBE, facilitators need learner centered opportunities that promote the development and sustainment of expert SBE skills, knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. Implementing a mentorship approach for facilitator development is a feasible option. This article proposes that the Cognitive Apprenticeship model (Collins et\xa0al., 1991) can be adapted and utilized for SBE facilitator mentorship.