Venance: Transforming Nursing Education in TZ
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The goal of this fundraising initiative is to raise $7,000 to provide a transforming opportunity for a young Tanzanian nursing faculty member at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Venance Kahindi, to become the first expert in Clinical Simulation teaching methodology in Tanzania. With your support, he will travel to the US in July and participate in a prestigious clinical simulation training program at George Washington University (GWU) School of Nursing in Washington DC. Upon his return to Tanzania, he will receive remote support from GWU simulation faculty and will have 1:1 mentorship with a Fulbright Nurse Scholar.
I met Venance one year ago. We have worked together in the simulation center at MUHAS and on Zoom video to lay the foundation for successful development of the space. I know him as an intelligent, disciplined, hard working, articulate nurse, educator and leader.
In his own words:
“I have great interest and motivation in the simulation and skills lab. I want to be a simulation expert to help nursing students build confidence and reduce insecurities, helping them master nursing procedures before they are exposed to real practice in the hospital. I also want to help junior nurses with skills and competencies in the hospital through simulation experiences”
Investing in Mr. Kahindi to become the first Tanzanian Nursing expert in Clinical Simulation will:
+ Launch Mr. Kahindi's profession as a nurse leader in Clinical Simulation
+ Improve the clinical competencies and confidence of Tanzanian nursing students
+ Improve patient outcomes in Tanzania
+ Improve the health of the Tanzanian population
(That's a lot of bang for your buck!)
Budget:
Meals and Incidentals: $500
2 Simulation Courses: $6,500
What is clinical simulation and why is it important?
In Tanzania, there are 4 nurses for 10,000 people, compared to 90 nurse for 10,000 people in the US. In nursing education, the result is a limited number of faculty or nursing staff to supervise students during clinical rotations. A nursing student who graduates today may not be prepared to practice tomorrow.
Simulation is a teaching approach which provides students with the opportunity to develop clinical and decision making skills through real life experiences in a safe environment. It has great potential in settings in which clinical learning environments are not ideal. In the US, replacing high-quality simulation experiences for up to half of the clinical hours resulted in students who were as clinically competent as those exposed to well supported clinical hours (Hayden, Smiley, Kardong-Edgren & Jeffries, 2014). This has important implications for the potential for simulation in the Tanzanian context.
Who is our Tanzanian champion? That is him, on the left. On the right is Dickson Mkoka- Head, Clinical Nursing Department
Venance Kahindi is a Tanzanian registered nurse who graduated from MUHAS with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2015. After graduation, he focused his clinical work in the Medical ICU. In 2018, he was hired as the Director of the Simulation Center at MUHAS because of his passion for nursing education. MUHAS had just designated a large space for the simulation center but the institution has no expertise either on faculty - or in-country! - to run the operations or programs. They needed a champion.
Mr. Kahindi jumped in. He held stakeholder meetings with faculty, students and clinicians to evaluate the current understanding, needs and opportunities for simulation. The results informed a 2-year strategic plan which has been approved by the MUHAS Department of Clinical Nursing.
Your contribution will directly support this strategic plan and give Mr. Kahindi the opportunity to obtain the knowledge and skills required to successfully lead a simulation center to support the institutions commitment to graduating safe, capable and confident nurses.
Want more details about the educational program at GWU?
George Washington University School of Nursing’s vision is the belief that all people deserve quality healthcare. They focus on practice and policy to improve the health of all people. The school is led by the dean, Dr. Pamela R. Jeffries, PhD, Rn, FAAN, ANEF, the leading expert in simulation education and principle developer with the National League for Nursing, for simulation frameworks and a monograph now known as the NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory. The school of nursing has integrated simulation into the Accelerated BSN program and is moving forward toward integration into the graduate programs.
GW SON opened the Simulation and Experiential Learning Center (SELC) in 2009 with the start of the ABSN program. With over 10,000 square feet of learning space the SELC presents a sophisticated and innovative learning environment in which students synthesize didactic and clinical knowledge as they learn the skills, knowledge and attitudes required of a nurse generalist.
Sabrina Beroz, DNP, RN, CHSE-A, is Associate Director for Programs at GW SON. Dr. Beroz holds the distinction of advanced certified healthcare simulation educator (CHSE-A) through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and has disseminated her work on simulation nationally and internationally. Dr. Beroz has designed the simulation courses, both of which directly align with Mr. Kahindi’s strategic goals:
Best Practices for Directors and Coordinators of Simulation Center:
This course provides best practices in building, leading and sustaining a simulation program. In other words, how to run the sim center like a business (operations, finance, HR).
Best Practices in Teaching and Using Simulation Pedagogy:
This course provides a rich faculty development opportunity to enhance teaching-learning skills around the use of simulation pedagogy with immersion on how to create, conduct, and evaluate clinical simulations.
Thank you for investing in Venance as a nursing leader who will transform nursing education in Tanzania.
Venance and Julie
The goal of this fundraising initiative is to raise $7,000 to provide a transforming opportunity for a young Tanzanian nursing faculty member at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Venance Kahindi, to become the first expert in Clinical Simulation teaching methodology in Tanzania. With your support, he will travel to the US in July and participate in a prestigious clinical simulation training program at George Washington University (GWU) School of Nursing in Washington DC. Upon his return to Tanzania, he will receive remote support from GWU simulation faculty and will have 1:1 mentorship with a Fulbright Nurse Scholar.
I met Venance one year ago. We have worked together in the simulation center at MUHAS and on Zoom video to lay the foundation for successful development of the space. I know him as an intelligent, disciplined, hard working, articulate nurse, educator and leader.
In his own words:
“I have great interest and motivation in the simulation and skills lab. I want to be a simulation expert to help nursing students build confidence and reduce insecurities, helping them master nursing procedures before they are exposed to real practice in the hospital. I also want to help junior nurses with skills and competencies in the hospital through simulation experiences”
Investing in Mr. Kahindi to become the first Tanzanian Nursing expert in Clinical Simulation will:
+ Launch Mr. Kahindi's profession as a nurse leader in Clinical Simulation
+ Improve the clinical competencies and confidence of Tanzanian nursing students
+ Improve patient outcomes in Tanzania
+ Improve the health of the Tanzanian population
(That's a lot of bang for your buck!)
Budget:
Meals and Incidentals: $500
2 Simulation Courses: $6,500
What is clinical simulation and why is it important?
In Tanzania, there are 4 nurses for 10,000 people, compared to 90 nurse for 10,000 people in the US. In nursing education, the result is a limited number of faculty or nursing staff to supervise students during clinical rotations. A nursing student who graduates today may not be prepared to practice tomorrow.
Simulation is a teaching approach which provides students with the opportunity to develop clinical and decision making skills through real life experiences in a safe environment. It has great potential in settings in which clinical learning environments are not ideal. In the US, replacing high-quality simulation experiences for up to half of the clinical hours resulted in students who were as clinically competent as those exposed to well supported clinical hours (Hayden, Smiley, Kardong-Edgren & Jeffries, 2014). This has important implications for the potential for simulation in the Tanzanian context.
Who is our Tanzanian champion? That is him, on the left. On the right is Dickson Mkoka- Head, Clinical Nursing Department
Venance Kahindi is a Tanzanian registered nurse who graduated from MUHAS with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2015. After graduation, he focused his clinical work in the Medical ICU. In 2018, he was hired as the Director of the Simulation Center at MUHAS because of his passion for nursing education. MUHAS had just designated a large space for the simulation center but the institution has no expertise either on faculty - or in-country! - to run the operations or programs. They needed a champion.
Mr. Kahindi jumped in. He held stakeholder meetings with faculty, students and clinicians to evaluate the current understanding, needs and opportunities for simulation. The results informed a 2-year strategic plan which has been approved by the MUHAS Department of Clinical Nursing.
Your contribution will directly support this strategic plan and give Mr. Kahindi the opportunity to obtain the knowledge and skills required to successfully lead a simulation center to support the institutions commitment to graduating safe, capable and confident nurses.
Want more details about the educational program at GWU?
George Washington University School of Nursing’s vision is the belief that all people deserve quality healthcare. They focus on practice and policy to improve the health of all people. The school is led by the dean, Dr. Pamela R. Jeffries, PhD, Rn, FAAN, ANEF, the leading expert in simulation education and principle developer with the National League for Nursing, for simulation frameworks and a monograph now known as the NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory. The school of nursing has integrated simulation into the Accelerated BSN program and is moving forward toward integration into the graduate programs.
GW SON opened the Simulation and Experiential Learning Center (SELC) in 2009 with the start of the ABSN program. With over 10,000 square feet of learning space the SELC presents a sophisticated and innovative learning environment in which students synthesize didactic and clinical knowledge as they learn the skills, knowledge and attitudes required of a nurse generalist.
Sabrina Beroz, DNP, RN, CHSE-A, is Associate Director for Programs at GW SON. Dr. Beroz holds the distinction of advanced certified healthcare simulation educator (CHSE-A) through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and has disseminated her work on simulation nationally and internationally. Dr. Beroz has designed the simulation courses, both of which directly align with Mr. Kahindi’s strategic goals:
Best Practices for Directors and Coordinators of Simulation Center:
This course provides best practices in building, leading and sustaining a simulation program. In other words, how to run the sim center like a business (operations, finance, HR).
Best Practices in Teaching and Using Simulation Pedagogy:
This course provides a rich faculty development opportunity to enhance teaching-learning skills around the use of simulation pedagogy with immersion on how to create, conduct, and evaluate clinical simulations.
Thank you for investing in Venance as a nursing leader who will transform nursing education in Tanzania.
Venance and Julie
Organizer
Julie Anathan
Organizer
Cambridge, MA
