Synthesizing existing evidence and leveraging expert opinions to develop a university, for-profit, and not-for-profit organization partnership model to address health professions education gaps through simulation-based education

Abstract

Healthcare providers in rural and remote (R&R) areas of Canada do not have the same access to skills development and maintenance opportunities as those in urban areas. Simulation-based education (SBE) is an optimal technique to allow healthcare providers to develop and maintain skills. However, SBE is mainly limited to universities or hospital-based research laboratories in urban areas. The purpose of this thesis was to develop a partnership model between university research laboratories, for-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations to diffuse SBE into R&R communities. Phase A aimed to identify the problem and present a solution through an editorial paper. Phase B consisted of a scoping review to understand the current landscape of literature. Phase C was a qualitative descriptive study interviewing stakeholders to understand their perspective experiencing the partnership process. All three phases were consolidated to create a partnership model to deliver simulation solutions to R&R healthcare settings.