require students to sign-up for available hours that will be posted and based on lab faculty availability. Failure to attend or complete the required amount of hours in the lab will result in disciplinary action as described in SON and could negatively impact a student's ability to complete the clinical component of their class.

  • Failure to attend any faculty scheduled skills practices and/or competency assessments will result in student's inability to attend clinical and will result in an incomplete in the clinical component of the class. Missing clinical due to noncompliance will result in an unexcused absence which may impact the student's progression in the program.
  • Skills competency needed for each semester should be included as part of the course syllabi and provided to VSL personnel. The manner of inclusion is determined by the course faculty.

Faculty are responsible for determining and setting deadline dates for competency return demonstrations for all students. Initial return demonstrations are faculty guided and must be scheduled with VSL personnel.

  • All students scheduled for competency assessments must demonstrate to the faculty and/or VSL personnel that all pre-assessment preparation and practice have been completed prior to performance assessment.
  • Practice sessions of skills for competency assessment is provided on a space available basis.

Faculty Preparedness for Simulation

It is expected that all SON faculty will participate in the preparation of their own (course/specialty specific) simulation scenarios. Faculty may seek assistance from the VSL Coordinator prior to any simulation event as well as request VSL assistance with the simulation event

Scenario writing - Faculty may write their own scenarios for a simulation experience. It is expected that faculty will seek assistance from VSL personnel if they are unsure how to develop or implement scenarios for a simulation experience (including ideas for scenarios and using the simulation software).