Primary and secondary outcomes with corresponding time points
| Group | Outcome | Method of data collection | Time point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital inpatients | Rate of falls per 1000 occupied bed days | Generated report from the local Victorian health incident management system for intervention wards in addition to information collected during weekday attendance at nursing handover | End of each 16-week period of falls data collection across participating wards |
| Proportion of patients who experience one or more falls | Generated report from the local Victorian health incident management system for intervention wards in addition to information collected during weekday attendance at nursing handover | End of each 16-week period of falls data collection across participating wards | |
| Rate of falls resulting in serious injury or death (serious injury defined as major injury requiring surgery, casting, further examination, eg, for a neurological injury) | Generated report from the local Victorian health incident management system for intervention wards in addition to information collected during weekday attendance at nursing handover | End of each 16-week period of falls data collection across participating wards | |
| Cost of acute/rehabilitation care | Clinical costing data for all patients on intervention and non-intervention wards | End of each 16-week period of falls data collection across participating wards | |
| Length of stay of every patient on the intervention and non-intervention wards | Data extraction from hospital records | End of each 16-week period of falls data collection across participating wards | |
| Students | Knowledge gain of undergraduate students who have undertaken the falls prevention simulation training | Custom-developed survey tool | Post simulation training |
| Self-rated student confidence to engage in falls prevention activities and discussions with patients | Custom-developed survey tool | Data will be collected at two time points, post simulation training and post student placement | |
| Self-reported frequency of falls prevention engagements between student and patient | Custom-developed survey tool | Post student placement | |
| Learner experience of simulation training and the experience of undertaking falls prevention activities on intervention wards | Semistructured student interviews | Post student placement |