W5 How to improve the quality of the design and evaluation of interprofessional in-situ simulation-based education

With increasing complexities placed on healthcare services, team collaboration is imperative. Well-designed interprofessional in-situ simulation-based education allows teams to develop and strengthen essential technical and non-technical skills, within their own working environment. On reviewing literature regarding interprofessional in-situ simulation-based education, previously published models did not account for the pressures and considerations required for constructing simulations in the clinical setting, especially relating to organisational involvement in scenario / programme design (Jeffries, 2005; Gough et al., 2016). As partial fulfilment of a Masters level module, a new model for designing and evaluating interprofessional in-situ simulation was devised, allowing the new ASPiH standards to be met, which has subsequently been implemented in a neonatal staff mandatory training programme.