How to Construct Simulations Regarding Care Provisions for Indigenous Peoples

[para. 1]: "Benefits of delivering simulation and the processes that developers undertook to create simulations on diverse topics have been extensively published. What has not been largely examined is how to develop simulations regarding care provisions to Indigenous peoples, to teach students about care delivery with consideration of cultural practices of diverse groups that have and continue to experience inequities within the Canadian health care system. Indigenous people is a collective name used to describe the descendants and the original peoples of North America. While it is impossible to learn intricacies of every culture, learning how to communicate with empathy, display cultural humility, and respond to clients' verbal and nonverbal cues can establish a strong collaborative relationship with clients and families. Simulation can expose learners to diverse clients and foster development of therapeutic communication with them, irrespective of their differences. Ensuring that nurses take culture into account when caring for clients remains a major goal for the discipline. This article details the simulation development process the team undertook and lessons learned from an actor simulation involving an Indigenous client."