Therapeutic Communication and Mental Health Assessment
Faculty member: Daria Romaniuk
Type: Learning Object
Description: The Therapeutic Communication and Mental Health Assessment: Knowledge and Practice resource includes three innovative online learning modules and a virtual interactive game, designed to augment the teaching of therapeutic communication and mental health assessment skills. With this resource, learners will have access to learning environments to 'practice' new skills, techniques and critical thinking in a virtual environment.
By replicating a real-life situation in a virtual simulation, users will practice their skills in a setting that is realistic and allows the user to make clinical choices within a safe environment. The modules and virtual interactive game have the potential to improve the learners’ retention of knowledge and promote active learning, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
This is a collaborative project involving nurses and professors from George Brown College, Centennial College and Ryerson University.
The above link will take you to an external site with the learning modules, and will open in a new tab.
Author Biography
Dr. Paula Mastrilli, RN, BScN, MScN, PhD
Chair, Sally Horsfall Eaton School of Nursing at George Brown College
Dr. Paula Mastrilli is the current Chair of the Sally Horsfall Eaton School of Nursing at George Brown College. Dr. Mastrilli has engaged in several funded projects including; the coordination of a hybrid and online delivery of the Post-Diploma BScN program offered by Ryerson University; and with the School of Nursing in the University of West Indies in establishing a distance delivery of their Post-RN BScN degree.
Dr. Daria Romaniuk, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Ryerson University
Dr. Daria Romaniuk is an Associate Professor in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Ryerson University. Her experience includes teaching content related to therapeutic nursing relationships and communication, as well as planning and participating in live clinical simulations for nursing students. Dr. Romaniuk was part of a collaboration with the Hospital for Sick Children and the Chang School for Continuing Education which developed an online pediatric health assessment course.
Margaret Verkuyl, NP, PHC, MN
Professor, School of Nursing at Centennial College
Margaret Veis a nursing professor at Centennial College and an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto. She has been involved curriculum development and evaluation for NP, BScN and PN programs for the past 10 years. She has developed and taught in hybrid courses. Most of her teaching is in nursing practice, health assessment, pathophysiology and low to high fidelity clinical simulations for nursing students.
© Daria Romaniuk, Ryerson University. A Serious Gaming Initiative: Virtual Simulation of a Community Home Visit with Mental Health Assessment is made available for public use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) license (external link) .