The International Staff Week realized at our faculty concluded on Friday, August 26. It focused on the instruction of professional subjects using the simulation method in the Nursing study programme. 34 pedagogues from 13 European countries and Turkey gathered at the FHSS USB building in U Výstaviště Street, other foreign participants joined online. The event was an inspiring experience and an opportunity for all participants to meet new colleagues, including those from the organizing Institute of Nursing, Midwifery, and Emergency Care. We also noticed great interest from journalists, who made interviews and reports during the sessions.
The main organizers of the International Staff Week were doc. PhDr. Marie Trešlová, Ph.D., and head of the Simulation Centre Mgr. František Dolák, Ph.D. Both stated that the event met their expectations and enriched the participants with new stimuli and experiences. Associate Professor Trešlová said: "During the discussions throughout the week, we focused on the main priorities in simulation teaching, the issues that teachers face, and on possible future improvement of the quality of simulation teaching. We will send a proposal to the management of the home universities of the participants to inform them about our intention to collaborate on research into simulation from the perspective of students and teachers."
The participants also agreed to create a common and continuously updated "database" of scenarios intended for simulation teaching. They are also planning to organize exchange of students and teachers as part of the Erasmus programme and other "summer schools" similar to the one that was held at the FHSS USB. The aim is to create a project based on the Erasmus programme which will enable cooperation of several countries and help to integrate simulation into practical teaching, strengthening communication, and teamwork in a new environment.
In addition, the meeting in České Budějovice, whose participants were also specialists in the technical side of simulation, brought up some practical ideas, for example, how to set the models and camera positions most appropriately. There was also a lot of talk about virtual reality, which represents the course of development of this teaching method in the future. Some participants of the International Staff Week already had experience with virtual reality which can be used to provide students an opportunity to use devices that are usually unavailable to faculty simulation centres. Foreign guests appreciated the high standard of the FHSS USB Simulation Centre and that it enables a high quality instruction. However, the rapid development in this field brings additional possibilities, challenges and demands. Teachers from the University of Rzeszów in Poland shared their experience with an even newer simulation centre than ours.
Doctor Dolák explained: "The meeting helped us to realize that we all have the same problems and deal with basically the same things. For example, how students feel when they are working in a simulation centre, how to include simulation teaching in the curriculum and in practical teaching, and finally, the motivation of teachers to use these technologies because simulation teaching requires a completely new approach and motivating teachers may be quite challenging". Such teaching requires to pre-programme lots of different situations that students must deal with. These scenarios became an important part of the programme of the International Staff Week. Experts analysed several scenarios in terms of content and form. They agreed that they need specific scenarios "tailored" to the given environment and the rules that apply in specific countries. The head of the Simulation Centre of the FHSS USB summed up: "Some companies operating in this field also offer universal standardized scenarios. Instead, we need specific scenarios because of the diversity of competences that differ in individual countries. In some countries, nurses perform procedures that are not part of their competence in others. This discussion was very beneficial for us and for all the participants."
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