Using message framing to achieve long-term behavioral changes in persons with diabetes.

This study examines how the framing of educational information affects changes in health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Patients with diabetes viewed either a gain- or a loss-framed informational video about proper foot care and its importance for the prevention of health-threatening problems. The gain-framed messages sustained long-term positive behavioral change.

Learning nursing procedures: the influence of simulator fidelity and student gender on teaching effectiveness.

Simulation technologies are gaining widespread acceptance across a variety of educational domains and applications. The current research examines whether basic nursing procedure training with high-fidelity versus low-fidelity mannequins results in differential skill acquisition and perceptions of simulator utility. Fifty-two first-year students were taught nasogastric tube and indwelling urinary catheter insertion in one of two ways.

Evaluation of a simulation-based program for medic cognitive skills training.

Simulation-based training is a promising instructional approach for training military and civilian first responders. In addition to training in relevant taskwork skills, there is increasing need for first responder training in cognitively-based skills such as situation assessment and decision making. The First Responder Simulation Training (FIRST) program trains cognitive skills using complex and degraded situations.

Training teams for the perioperative environment: a research agenda.

A research agenda for investigating the impact of team-work training on patient safety in the perioperative environment is presented. The current status of teamwork training is reviewed briefly, and conclusions based on existing research are presented. We present a roadmap for future research on how teamwork training should be structured, delivered, and evaluated to optimize patient safety in the operating room.