Case Study: Nova Southeastern University achieves scalable interprofessional training for 2,000+ students with Oxford Medical Simulation

Interprofessional Simulation With Nova Southeastern University

Nova Southeastern University needed a way to deliver large-scale interprofessional education (IPE) across seven health colleges, multiple campuses and international sites while facing limited resources and COVID restrictions. Working with Oxford Medical Simulation and its immersive virtual reality platform (OMS), NSU sought to create realistic, unscripted IPE scenarios to teach teamwork, communication, and role clarity among students from diverse healthcare professions.

Oxford Medical Simulation created a multiplayer VR scenario that recorded three students (representing pharmacist, medical doctor and physician assistant) managing a virtual patient; that recording was then used in pre-briefs and debriefs for a 4‑hour IPE day attended by 2,000+ students across 2 countries, 8 cities, 16 specialties, 33 debriefing groups and 62 facilitators. The OMS solution improved interprofessional communication, highlighted the importance of speaking up, enabled consistent simulation fidelity at scale, produced facilitator toolkits and champions for simulation, and delivered cost-effective, repeatable IPE content.

Nova Southeastern University

Elizabeth Swann

Director of Interprofessional Integration