Don't forget about role play: An enduring active teaching strategy

Nurturing a Nursing Workforce

“…Role-play is an interactive learning strategy in which participants develop clinical thinking, communication, delegation, clinical judgment, and time management skills valuable in various nursing settings. 7,8 Role-play shifts the participant from a passive recipient of knowledge to where the participant must engage with the content, critically think, reflect, and reframe the content. 9 Role-play is a powerful strategy that can effectively target all learning domains, primarily the affective learning domain.…”

“…9 Role-play is a powerful strategy that can effectively target all learning domains, primarily the affective learning domain. 7,8,10 Leaders may utilize role-play in various settings, including classrooms, offices, and conference rooms. By simulating or reenacting real-life situations, the participant feels the emotions as if the event occurred.…”

“…13(p40) The literature contains articles discussing suggestions and guidelines for creating a roleplay session. 7,8 This article focuses on health care workers participating in a role-play SBE to gain and improve knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs). The key points are included as "Authors' Tip" at the end of each HSSOBP Simulation Design 5 criterion or in the Table.…”

“…The incidences can occur between the same profession, between other professions (interprofessional), with the patient, or with the patient's family. 1 Often, incivility and simulation literature contains other exemplars of role-play simulations 4,6,7 and one specifically addressing bullying. 8…”

“…Incivility is used throughout the article as an exemplar topic for creating a role-play simulation. The nursing education and simulation literature contains other exemplars of role-play simulations4,6,7 and one specifically addressing bullying 8…”