scholarly journals A posthuman ecology of simulated human patients: Eidolons, empathy and fidelity in the uncanny embodiment of nursing practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-318
Author(s):  
Aileen Ireland
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Form ◽  
Human Patient ◽  
The Uncanny ◽  
Human Patient Simulators ◽  
Patient Simulators ◽  
Digital Objects ◽  
Human Attributes

The reproduction of the human form has been a universal practice amongst human ecologies for millennia. Over the past 200 years, popular culture has considered the imaginary consequences of the danger to humanity and human-ness of replicating the autonomous human form too faithfully. Today, the seductive allure of technologically advanced simulated human bodies and advances in robotics and artificial intelligence has brought us closer to facing this possibility. Alongside the simultaneous aversion and fascination of the possibility that autonomous simulated human forms may become indistinguishable from human beings is the deep-rooted uncanniness of the automaton in its strange familiarity – not only to ourselves but to our pleasant childhood imaginings of playing with dolls. As such, simulated human bodies are often enrolled in medical and nursing education models with the assumption that making the simulation teaching spaces seem as close to clinical spaces as possible will allow students to practise potentially harmful clinical skills without causing any harm to human patients. However similar the simulated human bodies may appear to a living, breathing human, a tension between the embodiment of particularly human attributes and their replication persists. How can computerized human patient simulators be enrolled to teach people to develop the necessary attributes of compassion and empathy when caring for human beings? This article explores the uncanny ecologies of simulated human patients in nursing education by presenting a posthuman analysis of the practices of nurse educators as they enrol these digital objects in their teaching. Guided by a selection of heuristics offered as a mode of interviewing digital objects, the analysis enrolled ‘Gathering Anecdotes’ and ‘Unravelling Translations’ to attune to the ways in which these uncanny posthuman assemblages become powerful modes of knowing to mobilize learning about human attributes within uncanny posthuman ecologies.

Human Patient Simulators in Nursing Education: An Overview

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy M. Nehring ◽  
Wayne E. Ellis ◽  
Felissa R. Lashley
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Human Patient ◽  
Human Patient Simulators ◽  
Patient Simulators

Study of physiological responses to acute carbon monoxide exposure with a human patient simulator

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Whitney A. Cesari ◽  
Dominique M. Caruso ◽  
Enela L. Zyka ◽  
Stuart T. Schroff ◽  
Charles H. Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Extreme Environment ◽  
Physiological Adaptation ◽  
Human Patient ◽  
Patient Simulator ◽  
Integrative Physiology ◽  
Critical Thought ◽  
Human Patient Simulators ◽  
Patient Simulators ◽  
Human Patient Simulator

Human patient simulators are widely used to train health professionals and students in a clinical setting, but they also can be used to enhance physiology education in a laboratory setting. Our course incorporates the human patient simulator for experiential learning in which undergraduate university juniors and seniors are instructed to design, conduct, and present (orally and in written form) their project testing physiological adaptation to an extreme environment. This article is a student report on the physiological response to acute carbon monoxide exposure in a simulated healthy adult male and a coal miner and represents how 1) human patient simulators can be used in a nonclinical way for experiential hypothesis testing; 2) students can transition from traditional textbook learning to practical application of their knowledge; and 3) student-initiated group investigation drives critical thought. While the course instructors remain available for consultation throughout the project, the relatively unstructured framework of the assignment drives the students to create an experiment independently, troubleshoot problems, and interpret the results. The only stipulation of the project is that the students must generate an experiment that is physiologically realistic and that requires them to search out and incorporate appropriate data from primary scientific literature. In this context, the human patient simulator is a viable educational tool for teaching integrative physiology in a laboratory environment by bridging textual information with experiential investigation.

Human Patient Simulators and Interactive Case Studies

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
VALERIE MICHELE HOWARD ◽  
CARL ROSS ◽  
ANN M. MITCHELL ◽  
GLENN M. NELSON
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Human Patient ◽  
Human Patient Simulators ◽  
Patient Simulators

scholarly journals Utilizing Human Patient Simulators (HPS) To Meet Learning Objectives Across Concurrent Core Nursing Courses: A Pilot Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charman L. Miller ◽  
Camille Leadingham ◽  
Ronald Vance
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Associate Degree ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Patient Simulation ◽  
Human Patient ◽  
Human Patient Simulators ◽  
Patient Simulators ◽  
Active Learning Strategies ◽  
Nursing Courses

Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) faculty are challenged by the monumental responsibility of preparing students to function as safe, professional nurses in a two year course of study.   Advances in computer technology and emphasis on integrating technology and active learning strategies into existing course structures have prompted many nurse educators to explore the use of Human Patient Simulation (HPS) utilizing high-fidelity human patient simulators.  This pilot study was designed to assist ADN faculty to determine students’ perceptions regarding the use of HPS scenarios as a teaching strategy to meet course objectives across multiple core ADN nursing courses in a single quarter.

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