TABLE 4. Evaluation of the Training Program.

Improved simulation	Clinical opportunities	Specific training areas	More practice opportunities in simulation lab	Retraining
Students want to upgrade from “spongey manikins.” “More accurate simulations” and “better” simulation models were requested to make the scenario “as real as possible.”	More opportunities to perform the skill in clinical practice were noted, to train “on actual patients” or “real people” and get more “opportunities on the wards.” Issues with obtaining opportunities included “busy” wards and the time not being available to “facilitate” training.	More specific training could be considered in conjunction with what was lacking in the quantitative section. Students' suggestions included how to locate a vein and the order of blood draw.	The most commented theme was the area of more practice. Students requested “more practice,” “more training,” “more skills workshops,” and requested them “routinely,” “continual” or “frequently.” It is evident that students wish to be “given more time,” “more opportunities” in “simulation sessions” and “more simulations.”	More training days or continuous training in PIVC for both staff and students was commented on by respondents.

Abbreviation: PIVC, peripheral intravenous catheter.