- Christine M Thomas: Author Affiliations: Associate Professor (Drs Thomas and Meehan) and Assistant Professor (Drs Yocom and Kaulback), Nursing Department, West Chester University, Pennsylvania.
BACKGROUND: Faculty in a prelicensure baccalaureate nursing program were interested in establishing a process for use of simulation for the evaluation of program outcomes.
PROBLEM: Several infrastructure barriers existed for the implementation of simulation for a fair, valid, and reliable student evaluation.
APPROACH: Faculty chose to evaluate student performance in simulation to examine student achievement of program outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS: The project informed curricular decisions moving forward, helped faculty to standardize scenarios, and outlined a process of establishing validity and reliability that could be implemented in the future for student evaluation.