Hartwick and Bassett Strengthen Healthcare Training Partnership with Summer Simulation Event
Hartwick College’s School of Nursing and Bassett Healthcare Network continued their innovative clinical training partnership with a hands-on simulation event held earlier this summer in Hartwick’s Clark Nursing Simulation Lab.
Now in its third year, the collaboration brought together 16 nurse interns, including four Hartwick nursing students, who were selected through Bassett’s competitive internship program, and 28 first-year Bassett resident physicians for a day of immersive, team-based learning.
Participants rotated through several high-pressure clinical simulations focused on transitions of care, emergent medical scenarios and communication with patients and families. The interdisciplinary experience provided both nursing interns and medical residents with the opportunity to work side by side in realistic care settings, thereby gaining essential collaboration and decision-making skills.
Kim Smith, associate professor and chair of the Hartwick College Nursing Department, emphasized the importance of giving students a chance to practice clinical collaboration early in their training.
“Bringing together future nurses and physicians in a realistic and supportive learning environment fosters the teamwork that underpins quality care. This partnership with Bassett models that collaboration from the very start of their careers.”
Kim Smith
Associate Professor and Chair of the Hartwick College Nursing Department
