Distance Learning During COVID-19

THE CONTEXT

With the ongoing disruption from COVID-19, colleges and universities are increasingly cancelling some or all in-person classes. As clinicians and educators, the team at OMS are acutely aware of the difficulties this poses for healthcare education. To help mitigate missed face-to-face and group teaching, OMS is therefore providing US, UK, Canadian and Australian institutions with complimentary access to the online simulation platform OMS Distance over the coming weeks.

OMS Distance is the online and distance-learning solution from Oxford Medical Simulation. Learners can access multiple scenarios from home, practicing the assessment and management of virtual patients, receiving feedback on their performance, repeating as needed and engaging in blended learning.

With libraries of scenarios for students and practicing clinicians across healthcare, OMS Distance support all groups of learners at any stage of their career.

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REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

If you are in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia or New Zealand and an affected educational institution, please complete the details below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

OMS DISTANCE SCENARIOS

OMS Distance is a flexible product, designed to be as unique as your organization is. Educators can custom-build distance-learning modules from any scenarios in the libraries below

MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

Manage new and deteriorating patients in the ED and throughout the hospital

NURSING EMERGENCIES

Assess and manage patients in the ED and med-surg

MENTAL HEALTH

Focus on communication, risk assessment and de-escaltion in medical and nursing scenarios

PEDIATRIC MEDICINE

Assess and manage pediatric patients presenting to the ED

PEDIATRIC NURSING

Assess and manage patients in the ED and med-surg

MEDICAL STUDENT

Deliver clinical experiences to nursing students on multiple campuses or as part of remote, online courses

NURSING STUDENT

Deliver clinical experiences to nursing students on multiple campuses or as part of remote, online courses

PRACTITIONER

Provide practitioners with standardized, supported clinical experiences wherever they are in the world

BENEFITS OF OMS DISTANCE

PROVIDE CLINICAL EXPERIENCES ON DEMAND

Provide learners with unlimited access to scenarios that can be run at home, either in VR or on screen, to develop decision-making, clinical reasoning, critical thinking, communication and teamwork. The OMS platform can be used to provide clinical experiences at distance to improve confidence and competence.

TRACK ENGAGEMENT & PERFORMANCE

Learners can practice as if in real life, communicating, assessing, diagnosing and treating. They then receive feedback on strengths and areas for improvement. This feedback is delivered centrally, so that educators and learners can use this feedback together to guide learning and mentorship.

DELIVER IMMERSION & ACCESSIBILITY

The OMS system can run on screen or in VR, providing immersion and instant accessibility. The system contains full prebriefing, clinical scenarios, debrief and feedback. It is intuitive to use and can be run without faculty input to ensure learners can do simulation 24/7 whenever they need it.

INTEGRATE VR WITH YOUR CURRICULUM

The OMS data and analytics dashboards allow faculty to ensure learner engagement, assess skill improvement and identify specific learning needs. A learner management system and customizable blended learning facilitates curriculum integration across specialties.