How to Include Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion When Filming
As discussed in Chapter 1, representation matters when it comes to creating inclusive educational resources. This is an important factor when filming your virtual gaming simulation. Many students want to see themselves in the role of their profession. Therefore, you want to include diversity in your virtual simulation.
When the virtual simulation is filmed in first-person point of view, you can express diversity through the healthcare provider’s name, physical appearance of their arms, and tone of voice. With the other actors/roles in the virtual simulation (e.g., client, other healthcare team members) more diversity can be included to create an inclusive learning environment. Similar to when filming from a second-person point of view, diversity of the actors/roles can be included in a variety of ways.
A diverse simulation team composed of experts and students from various fields (e.g., content, filming, acting) will enrich your virtual gaming simulation by contributing and sharing new ideas, questions, and out of the box thinking. Representation of diverse voices can bring forth multiple perspectives and strengthen your virtual simulation.
#ChangeHollywood: The Inclusion Rider discussed the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion in front of and behind the camera in filmmaking. Learn more about the Inclusion Rider and their resources in Canada, as well as internationally.
Insights from the Student Team
Virtual Gaming Simulation (VGS) Model
For the our virtual simulation, the team consisted of:
- healthcare experts on the client’s medical diagnoses,
- nurse educators that teach second year nursing students,
- nursing students enrolled in second, third, and fourth year,
- filming experts,
- diverse actors (e.g., client, nurse, nurse colleague, kitchen staff, resident on the phone),
- make-up specialist (e.g., simulation team at the university), and
- accessibility and UDL specialist.
