Instructor: Simulation Assignments: Davis Advantage

*This article reflects changes to Davis Advantage that will be going live on 7/14/2025.

Simulation Assignments are immersive and realistic video-based assignments designed to build clinical judgment skills, and to help students learn how to provide safe and effective care. These assignments use interactive decision points and branching logic based off student choices to mimic real-life patient care scenarios.

Simulation assignments must be completed in one sitting. If a student exits the page, their progress will not be saved.

Simulation Assignments will be available for Fundamentals and Medical-Surgical texts in July 2025, and for additional texts in December 2025.

Every simulation assignment opens on a launch screen which provides general instructions for students. Clicking “Launch Simulation” starts the immersive experience.

The launch screen for a Davis Advantage Simulation Assignment that gives students instructions. A red box and a red arrow highlight the Launch Simulation button which starts the assignment.

The simulation begins with an audio nurse handoff report in SBAR format to orient the student to patient information from the previous shift. Students may listen to and/or read the report.

The audio nurse handoff screen for a Simulation Assignment where the student can listen to/read the report.

Full screen videos are the starting point for each question. These videos show interactions with patients that mimic a real-life hospital setting and demonstrate proper skill technique. The videos will show the patient’s response to decisions made by the student.

One of the full screen videos that are included in the Simulation Assignments.

After students have viewed the video, they can navigate through the EHR or continue to their decision point. The patient information in the HER updates and includes date/timestamps. The six EHR tabs evolve based on student decisions and simulation progress. The EHR can be reviewed as needed.

The EHR in a Simulation Assignment, with a red box highlighting the 6 tabs a student may look at.

Each question is a decision point for the student. Students may rewatch the video or review the EHR to help guide their decisions. The questions require strong background knowledge, assessment of the patient’s specific needs, and clinical decision making. The questions may prompt the student to make clinical decisions and know the proper technique for interventions. Students’ decisions during the simulation may lead to different branches, including different videos, EHR updates and questions.

One of the questions included in a Simulation Assignment in Davis Advantage.

The case closing screens indicate the end of the simulation. This page includes a short summary of the patient outcome. Remediation and reflection are included when the simulation ends early because a student didn’t finish with an optimal answer. Clicking Review Results takes students to their results page.

The case closing screen for a Simulation Assignment, with a red box and red arrow highlighting the Review Results option.

Simulations are completed for a participation grade; however, students and instructors can view competency. Simulations use a scoring system that assigns a point value to each answer option. Optimal answers are worth 2 points, okay answers are worth 1 point, and wrong answers are worth 0 points. The score is the number of points earned out of the total points possible, which is determined by the total number of questions in the student’s simulation path. Each question that the student answered shows on the results page. Feedback includes the question stem, the student’s answer and the rationale for the chosen answer.

The results page for a Simulation Assingment, showing the points per question.

The results page for a Simulation Assignment, showing the rationale for a question.

Students may also retake the simulation by selecting the “Try Again” button.

The results page for a Simulation Assignment, with a red box and arrow highlighting the Try Again option.

Students may review their results at any time by visiting their Assignments page or their Personalized Learning Plan (PLP).