To evaluate performance, nursing students are placed in clinical simulatons and flmed while facing life-like situatons. Some students have claimed that the camera might have caused them to commit more errors thereby hindering their overall performance. To test this, a study was designed in which half of the group would be evaluated using the method of flming while the rest would be evaluated without a camera present. This artcle details the study above carried out with second year nursing students and tries to evaluate the impact of flming on overall performance during clinical simulatons. | Journal of Technology and Science Education EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF FILMING ON THE NUMBER OF ERRORS COMMITTED BY NURSING STUDENTS TO DETERMINE THE EFFICACY OF SIMULATED CLINICAL SITUATIONS Carme Sansalvador-Comas1, Montserrat Faro-Basco1, Olga Isern-Farrés1, Joan Carles Casas-Baroy1, Maria Tió-Faro2 1 Department of Health and Social Acton, University of Vic, 2 Surgical Nurse Spain , , , , Received December 2013 Accepted May 2014 Abstract Clinical simulaton as a training and knowledge technique allows people to experience a likely scenario with the aim of acquiring knowledge, abilites, and increased apttude. The flming of the staging represents a useful tool to review the decisions and actons taken, with the purpose of highlightng the strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement. To evaluate performance, nursing students are placed in clinical simulatons and flmed while facing life-like situatons. Some students have claimed that the camera might have caused them to commit more errors thereby hindering their overall performance. To test this, a study was designed in which half of the group would be evaluated using the method of flming while the rest would be evaluated without a camera present. This artcle details the study above carried out with second year nursing students and tries to evaluate the impact of flming on overall performance during clinical simulatons. Keywords – Film, Error, Simulaton, Educaton, Nursing. ---------- 1 INTRODUCTION AND JUSTIFICATION Current situaton Spanish Universites, along with all European Universites, are modifying their educatonal systems with the goal of meetng the standards set out in the European Higher Educaton Space (EHES) (Gutérrez de la Horra, 2010). Given the complexity of modern health care and nursing responsibilites, the range of environments where nursing training occurs, and the .
