Labs are where students learn a rote skill. Once the student has mastered the skill, the student will move on to simulation, which is documented as an opportunity. A school is used as the site to document a simulated opportunity, the lab instructor is the simulated preceptor, and the category Simulation/Lab Center is used.
If you are unsure whether to create a lab or simulation to represent an event, consider where on the students' progress reports you want their work reflected. If it should contribute to their skills points under the various Lab Skills section (Paramedic SMC23 Skills: Table 3, column 1, and EMT skills Table 5), then the event should be created as a lab. Otherwise, if they are performing simulations to take the place of a live skill attempt to contribute to their Clinical Skills or Pathology points, then a simulation should be used. Labs will also use skills sheets, whereas simulations with opportunity documentation run the same way as if the student were in the clinical setting.
More Information:
For more information on Labs, including how instructors create them, how students create or document them, and other info, click here.
For more information on Opportunities, including creation and documentation for students and instructors, click here.
Students: SMC 2023 Student Clinical and Simulation Documentation, click here.
To learn how to schedule training for a Planner Review session, click here.