Duke School of Nursing's Simulation Mannequin stars in Twitter Soap Opera

A Twitter soap opera created for nurse educators debuted February 8th and ran through February 14, 2010. The main character was Duke’s medical simulation mannequin Stanley, who wrote about love and his medical adventures. In the CND: A Sim Soap Opera was created by the iNet Team and Duke University School of Nursing faculty and staff.

The story is told through two perspectives using two Twitter accounts, inetnurse as the narrator and StanleySim61 as the main character.The audience follows the story using the Twitter hashtag #SimSoap. The pilot episode is both a lovestory and a simulation scenario. The project targets the QSEN learning competencies of patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics. Using Twitter as the mode of delivery allows for improvisation. Current events and basketball games are incorporated into the story in real time, and the Twitter audience is able to participate, ask questions and make comments using Twitter.

For a transcript of tweets, a teacher's guide and more information about this project,
pleaese go to the iNet Web site.