Interprofessional Simulation as an Educational Tool to Assess Cultural Competence Among Health Professions Students.

Background: The concept of collaborative practice within health professions is viewed as "best practice." Poor collaboration can adversely affect patient safety. Interprofessional (IP) teamwork skills can be developed and nurtured through the health professionals' education; however, many barriers exist, which deter this from occurring.

Connecting the dots: Bridging virtual to in-person physical assessment.

When restrictions imposed by COVID-19 prevented prelicensure nursing students from practicing skills in the simulation center, the faculty designed a plan to bridge the gap from virtual to in-person skill performance for physical assessments. The faculty anticipated an inadequacy of head-to-toe assessment skills related to the lack of face-to-face clinical. Therefore, the faculty used the Plan-Do-Study-Act model (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2020) for quality improvement to address the skill performance issue.