Student: Simulation Assignments: Davis Advantage

Simulation Assignments are immersive and realistic video-based assignments designed to build clinical judgment skills, and to help you learn how to provide safe and effective care. These assignments use interactive decision points and branching logic based off of your 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.

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 you to patient information from the previous shift. You may listen to and/or read the report. To read the report, click the View Transcript button (1). After listening to or reading the report, click Continue to move to the next screen (2).

Red boxes and numbers highlight the View Transcript button (1) and the Continue link (2) on the Nurse Handoff Report page.

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 you make through the simulation. Use the CC (Closed Caption) icon to see closed captions, and/or the Transcript icon to view the transcript.

Red boxes and arrows point to the Closed Caption and Transcript icons for Simulation videos.

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

A red box highlights the six tabs within the EHR in a Simulation Assignment.

Each question is a decision point. You may rewatch the video or review the EHR to help guide your decisions. The questions require strong background knowledge, assessment of the patient’s specific needs, and clinical decision making. The questions may prompt you to make clinical decisions and know the proper technique for interventions. Your 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 (1). Clicking Review Results takes students to their results page (2).

Red boxes and numbers call attention to the Remediation and Reflection section (1) and the Review Results option (2).

Simulations are completed for a participation grade; however, students and instructors can view competency. 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 (1). Simulations use a scoring system that assigns a point value to each answer option. Optimal answers are worth 2 points, satisfactory but not ideal answers are worth 1 point, and wrong answers are worth 0 points (2). Each question that the student answered shows on the results page. To view feedback, click Show Detail by each question (3). Feedback includes the question stem, the student’s answer and the rationale for the chosen answer (4).

Red boxes and numbers show the number of points earned out of the total (1), the grading metrics for each answer type (2), the Show Detail option (3) and the question feedback for a question (4).

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

A red box and arrow highlight the Try Again button.

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