Jean Yockey

• University of South Dakota

Background Physical therapy education benefits from innovative and authentic learning opportunities. However, factors that influence the acceptance of educational technology must be assessed prior to curricular adoption. The purpose of this study was to assess the perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of a virtual reality (VR) learning exp...

Introduction: Effective clinical decision-making skills are essential for physical therapist practice. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of virtual reality (VR) patient simulation to those of a traditional standardized patient simulation on the clinical decision-making of student physical therapists (SPTs). Review of Literature:...

Background Undergraduate nursing students experience anxiety during simulation. Excessive anxiety can impair learning and performance. Method Nursing students (N = 96) from first and final semesters of a program participated in an exploratory, sequential, mixed-methods study to identify and rank anxiety sources from simulation components occurring...

The University of South Dakota’s (USD) nursing program is an associate degree (ADN) level program. In recent years, learning objectives for the students in the ADN level at USD have been updated to include the National League for Nursing’s position statement, which includes recommendations to design new methods to meet students’ learning needs. Thi...

In collaboration with practicing nurse leaders, a nursing leadership course was delivered online to a diverse community of learners. The University of South Dakota serves a state population where half of the counties qualify as frontier, and 11 Indian reservations are located within its borders. Today’s professional nurse must have skills to provid...