Enhancing the Paramedic student learning experience through the use of innovative interactive virtual simulation at the University of Hertfordshire-The use of virtual clinical simulation as a teaching tool

A virtual simulation workshop took place at the University of Hertfordshire (Paramedic Science and Computer Science) in 2010 as part of small project funded by the UH Learning and Teaching Institute. The project saw the development and implementation of an innovative virtual simulation package. Together with existing skills training within the Paramedic Science division at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels learning from simulation is already well established at UH through the Hertfordshire Intensive Care and Emergency Scenario Centre (HICESC) and it is hoped that using a virtual e-learning approach will complement those approaches.