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Digital Clinical Experiences™

Shadow Health can empower your students to improve patient outcomes in practice

Put the patient at the forefront of the learning experience with high-fidelity, screen-based simulations.

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Shadow Health is available for:

Undergraduate Students

Support undergraduate nursing students in developing their clinical reasoning skills through realistic interactions with Digital Standardized Patients™.

Graduate Students

Support graduate nursing students in developing their diagnostic reasoning skills through realistic interactions with Digital Standardized Patients™.

Shadow Health supports nursing education with:

Digital Clinical Experiences™ with patient-focused, screen-based simulations

A wide range of simulation characters, or Digital Standardized Patients™, allow students to practice clinical skills in nursing disciplines from Fundamentals to Advanced Primary Care.

  • Students use their own words to communicate

  • Features 80+ life-like, diverse patients

  • Patients can answer millions of unique questions

  • Accurately measures student clinical reasoning

  • Provides instructor insights in Practice Readiness Dashboard

  • Builds clinical judgment skills

  • Aligned with AACN’s new Essentials

Students — engage in valuable, patient-centered learning experiences

With Shadow Health, undergraduate and graduate students can practice your skills in a safe, simulated clinical environment.

  • Gain exposure to realistic patients and conditions with Digital Clinical Experiences™

  • Master the skills needed to communicate effectively with a diverse range of patients

  • Receive feedback on areas of strength and opportunities for improvement

  • Learn how to have more effective and efficient patient interactions for improved outcomes

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Instructors — give students valuable, patient-centered practice opportunities

Empower students to hone their skills in a safe, simulated clinical environment. Shadow Health enables you to:

  • Provide students with guaranteed exposure to realistic patients and conditions

  • Ensure students develop therapeutic communication skills with a diverse range of patients

  • Witness students develop their clinical reasoning abilities

  • Prepare students to improve patient outcomes in practice

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Digital Clinical Experiences™ - Bringing Real-World Experience to Simulation Design

Tina, Lucas and Tanner are just three of the Digital Standardized Patients™ that are part of Shadow Health’s simulations for undergraduate and graduate nursing programs.

These ​​Digital Clinical Experiences™ are a vital part of the education of more than 700,000 nursing students across the country – giving them the opportunity to practice as often as they need with realistic, simulated patients.

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Digital Standardized Patients™

Diverse in demographics and medical conditions
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Natural Language Conversation Engine

Learners engage with patients using their own words
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Patient Exam Activities

Learners gather assessment data and make care decisions
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Student Performance Index™

Immediate measurements of clinical reasoning abilities