1. Using HESI Patient Reviews, Case Studies and Practice Tests In Conjunction With Sherpath
Helen Murphy, BS, RDMS, CHTS
eSolutions Implementation Consultant

2. Sherpath and HESI
HESI Patient Reviews/Case Studies and Practice Tests help students build a core knowledge base, develop clinical reasoning and assess understanding of key concepts
Sherpath helps students learn and master concepts at every Bloom’s Level
Lesson Assessments and Exams
HESI
Practice Tests
Skills and Simulations
HESI
Case Studies
PowerPoints, case studies, eBook content
HESI Patient Reviews
Patient Reviews: Students get their first look at safe and effective care with unique patient care scenarios!
These didactic, knowledge-based patient care scenarios include questions and correct answers and rationales that make them an ideal tool to help students assess their understanding of the core content they are learning and will build their confidence as they prepare for challenging clinical situations.

3. Sherpath – Knowledge and Acquisition
PowerPoints, case studies, eBook content, Lesson Assignments
Sherpath utilizes Teaching Materials such as PowerPoints, case studies, eBook content and Lesson Assignments to ensure that your students master material through Knowledge and Acquisition which is reflected on Bloom’s Taxonomy at the Remembering and Understanding levels.

4. HESI – Knowledge and Acquisition
HESI Patient Reviews – Defined
Didactic, knowledge-based patient care scenarios that include questions, correct answers and rationales
Patient Reviews: Students get their first look at safe and effective care with unique patient care scenarios!
These didactic, knowledge-based patient care scenarios include questions and correct answers and rationales that make them an ideal tool to help students assess their understanding of the core content they are learning and will build their confidence as they prepare for challenging clinical situations.

5. HESI Patient Reviews - Implementation Tips
HESI Patient Reviews – Best Practices
Use Patient Reviews
To help cover more basic skills
To prepare for clinical
To cover charting formats and identify vitals/labs/drugs

6. Sherpath – Clinical Reasoning
Skills
Simulations
Skills and Simulations are where students are challenged to put their knowledge and understanding to work with hands-on clinical experience. The Sherpath Skills provide students with multiple attempts to master the skill by giving a detailed overview that leads step-by-step through Assessment, understanding of delegation, implementation, evaluation, a checklist and much more. The Sherpath Skill can be reset if the student does not hit the mark on the first time to ensure that students are adequately prepared for each task. Sherpath Simulations give students realistic experiences with multiple options that can be performed during the scenario such as allowing students to choose correct forms of communication; take notes throughout the simulation activities and make assessment/intervention decisions.

7. HESI – Clinical Reasoning
HESI Case Studies – Defined
Real-world patient care scenarios accompanied by application-based questions and rationales
Case Studies

8. HESI Case Studies - Implementation Tips
HESI Case Studies – Best Practices
Use Case Studies
As a ticket to class if you are flipping the classroom
In the post clinical setting and tie it to discussions about patient care that day
As an in class activity – break students into groups to work together and have each group report

9. Sherpath – Assessment Quiz Coach Micro-quizzes Exams
Analytics are provided in Sherpath for the student by providing the student with areas or topics where they are the weakest and provides data to help remediate immediately. Instructor analytics are given by class averages, topics, even down to the granular level of each student’s performance. Sherpath utilizes Assessment and Remediation to evaluate students’ academic progress and supply personalized remediation to improve student performance. Sherpath allows faculty to easily create exams and students can prepare for exams in advance and not have to ask the question, “What is on the test?” Sherpath’s Quiz Coach is based on adaptive quizzing and can help students utilize any time they have to focus on weak areas, study for this week’s topic’s or to get ahead and prepare for upcoming exams. Each lesson has micro-quizzes and end of lesson assessments which feed back to Sherpath’s Quiz Coach.

10. HESI – Assessment HESI Practice Tests – Defined
Non-proctored tests that assess knowledge and concepts and introduce students to NCLEX exam style practice questions
Case Studies

11. HESI Practice Tests - Implementation Tips
HESI Practice Tests – Best Practices
Use Practice Tests
Before giving a specialty exam as practice
Questions in class and use clickers or an audience response system app on phones for students to respond
Early in a semester or course to establish baseline and give the second one later prior to proctored exam