The Simulation Learning Model – Student Experience(SLM-SE) is a conceptual model which visually represents the result of our findings (See Figure 1). The SLMis read from the bottom to the top. In the SLM-SE,simulation is a teaching and learning approach withinwhich the elements of emotional processing, anxietyand fear, making connections, and fidelity interactwith the ultimate goal of learning. Anxiety and fearare barriers to learning. As students used emotionalprocessing to overcome these barriers, it became morepossible for them to learn from simulation. In addition,making connections and fidelity appeared to significantly enhance learning