Training Based on Simulation Pedagogy: Evaluation of Participants’ Satisfaction with the First National Forum on Simulation in Nursing in Morocco

Simulation in nursing is considered an innovative pedagogy for the development of clinical skills of nursing staff. A National Forum was held for the first time in Morocco concerning the pedagogy of simulation in nursing to raise awareness among educators and practitioners on the educational value of such an initiative in the field of nursing. The goals of this study were to describe the development of the first National Forum in Morocco on Nursing Simulation and to assess the satisfaction of participants with the different activities of this national event. A self-administered questionnaire was used in this study. Descriptive statistics and correlation tests were used to assess the level of participant satisfaction with the simulation. This event gathered more than 250 participants from different Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques (HINPHT) of Morocco during the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of June 2022 held at the HINPHT institute of Fez. 163 participants agreed to take part in our satisfaction survey in which 39.3% were nursing teachers and 6.7% were directors of nursing and technical health professions training institutes and 41.7% were nursing students. The participants evaluated the different pillars of the first National Forum on Nursing Simulation in Morocco and reported a general satisfaction of 80.8%. Directors showed higher satisfaction with the organization with a score of 88.89% (p=0.001), while teachers reported higher satisfaction with the Master Class workshop (65.27%; p=0.003). Students’ satisfaction scores were positively correlated (86.36%; p=0.004) with the usefulness and applicability of the knowledge acquired during the event. Nevertheless, dissatisfaction was recorded with the mediation of the Forum (8.6%), the duration of the Master Class (13.5%), and the quality of the technical and logistical material used (7.4%). These aspects should be improved in future editions. The findings of this scientific event could be of great interest to the organizers of future forums on nursing simulation in the Maghreb region and Africa more generally, and could serve as a model.