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Item Clinical nursing education in a time of Covid-19: a comparison of virtual and in-person simulation debriefing methods(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2021) Kirk, Meghan Anne; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jennifer SofieA global COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, 2020, causing educators and students around the world to pivot toward virtual education when in-person education methods became impossible to safely deliver. This posed unique challenges within nursing education and other disciplines, which historically required experiential or hands-on training. Barriers and disadvantages to traditional in-person clinical nursing education methods such as: limited clinical site availability, competition between schools for clinical sites, cost, increased risk potential, increased patient acuity, decreased average length of hospital stay, and faculty shortages led to exploration of clinical education through in-person and virtual simulation methods predating the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the essential elements of simulation is debriefing, which describes an interactive and reflective discussion of simulation events, which aids in assimilation of new knowledge and ability to apply what is learned in future clinical experiences. The project lead explored and compared 3rd-year nursing student experiences with face-to-face simulation debriefing and virtual debriefing methods. Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare survey scores for a small convenience sample of students (n=17) for each debriefing method were collected before and after the COVID-19 mediated educational shift. Qualitative responses were solicited only in the virtual debriefing survey, when students were asked to identify their preference for either face-to-face or virtual debriefing as well as any benefits or challenges associated with each method. Descriptive statistics along with a one-group two-tailed repeated measures Student's T-test was completed for analysis in The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. T-test results of student scores for each debriefing element were all statistically insignificant at a 95% confidence interval, aside from Element #5 which describes instructor identification of success or failure modes. Student ratings for debriefing quality and subsequent T-test findings suggest that student experience with virtual and face-to-face methods is equal, except with regard to instructor feedback, but are limited due to diminished statistical power. However, qualitative results indicate students uniformly expressed a preference for traditional debriefing methods over virtual simulation debriefing. Virtual simulation debriefing, while not as familiar or easy in terms of communication, appears to be an effective alternative to traditional, face-to-face debriefing.Item Network flux transport: concept and application to solar magnetism(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 2019) Eckberg, Jon Thomas; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Charles C. KankelborgWe have developed a method to efficiently simulate the dynamics of the magnetic flux in the solar network. We call this method Network Flux Transport (NFT). Implemented using a Spherical Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation (SCVT) based network model, magnetic flux is advected by photospheric plasma velocity fields according to the geometry of the SCVT model. We test NFT by simulating the magnetism of the Solar poles. The poles of the sun above 55 deg latitude are free from flux emergence from active regions or ephemeral regions. As such, they are ideal targets for a simplified simulation that relies on the strengths of the NFT model. This simulation method reproduces the magnetic and spatial distributions for the solar poles over two full solar cycles.Item The value of SOEP activities in relationship to occupational status of the 1974 to 1984 Belgrade High School graduates of the vocational agriculture program(Montana State University - Bozeman, 1984) Hendrickson, Roger AlanItem Computer solutions of complex biological boundary-value problems(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1984) Parker, Reed AllenItem Modeling soil productivity in Montana using a Geographic Information System and existing data bases(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 1998) Langner, UteItem Judgment analysis (JAN) and simulation to capture policy decisions of school superintendents(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 1986) Lasher, Gaylord CharlesItem Monte Carlo simulation of some logging operations(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1966) Cesario, Frank JosephItem Modeling the restoration of a metapopulation : implications for resource management(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Letters & Science, 1996) Berkson, Jim M.Item Analysis of water planning and management alternatives using interactive simulation(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1986) Michel, Gerald ScottItem Simulation of the loading and hauling subsystems of a logging system(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Engineering, 1970) Johnson, Leonard Roy