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Athletic therapy students learn emergency skills through a variety of modes, including students portraying injured athletes and cardiopulmonary resuscitation manikins. Although acceptable and satisfactory forms of teaching, these methods are limited in their ability to create realistic physiological symptoms of injury.

To assess how athletic therapy students perceive their learning needs (LNs) relative to the use of high-fidelity manikin simulation (HFMS) compared with student simulation (SS) in the laboratory setting.

Pretest-posttest study design.

Nursing Simulation Centre, Sheridan College, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

Thirty students from the Bachelor of Applied Health Science (Athletic Therapy) program at Sheridan College in years 2 and 4 …