promote the development of critical-thinking skills and applied clinical reasoning. If using the Immersive cases in this way, educators should familiarize themselves with the HSSOBP TM standards for Facilitation and Prebriefing: Preparation and Briefing and The Debriefing process available at https://www.inacsl.org/healthcare-simulation-standards. As is, the Immersive Cases provide beneficial learning activities that assist PT educators in meeting their goals. Recall that I inform students that they must become proficient in test-taking skills needed to pass the National Physical Therapist Examination (NPTE). The NPTE format changed in January 2024 to better represent medically complex patients and include motion with movement analysis. The examination comprises 225 items including some with video and up to 45 scenario- based questions. 4 Assigning Immersive Cases that show a range of movement patterns is likely to improve students’ preparation for the NPTE. Furthermore, the Immersive Cases incorporate recommended outcome measures, Clinical Practice Guidelines, and other documents such the Core Outcomes Measure Physical Therapy report card that elucidate knowledge translation to ready students for clinical practice. Working with the Immersive Cases couldn’t be easier as they utilize Google forms and students merely need to have an account to run the program. Their responses are emailed directly to the instructor via a Gmail address.
Summary
The Immersive Cases included in the latest edition of O’Sullivan & Schmitz’s Physical Rehabilitation offer PT educators a valuable, user-friendly resource to enhance students’ engagement and learning. The Immersive Cases: § Offer content on topic (s) not cover elsewhere in the course/curriculum such as dysautonomia and acute COVID-19 § Contain video of the administration of tests and measures and require learners to interpret the results § Provide feedback to promote learner self-reflection and growth § Require learners practice each element of the patient/client management model to develop a plan of care § Contain an ICF framework worksheet § Require learners take a quiz for formative assessment § Embed current recommendations for best practice, including selected tests and measures, Clinical Practice Guidelines, and the ANPT Core Outcomes Physical Therapy Report Card § Scaffold learning using prompts within the case § Feature video of clinical experts interacting with patients to promote observational learning in professional communication § Provide case-based learning which aligns with test questions on the 2024 FSBPT NPTE § Highlight patients’ movement patterns to prepare for video questions on the 2024 FSBPT NPTE § Contain many of the elements of effective Simulation design which can be embellished to include faculty-lead Prebriefing and Debriefing
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