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SIMULATED LEARNING THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY RECOGNISED AS AN EXAMPLE OF BEST PRACTICE IN NURSING EDUCATION
Northumbria University ’ s innovative use of Virtual Reality and simulation technologies in nursing education has been highlighted as an example of best practice in the UK .
After investing in a new state-of-theart Virtual Reality learning platform specially designed for healthcare training , a team from the University ’ s Department of Nursing , Midwifery and Health designed a simulated practice placement programme for nursing students which was called SkillsFest .
Five hundred second-year students across all four fields of nursing took part in a huge range of specialist simulation-based
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