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Background: Collaboration between academic institutions and clinical practice plays an important role in supporting students' learning in clinical practice. A virtual telesimulation was incorporated to provide academic-practice collaboration between academic educators and nurse preceptors to support students' clinical education. Purpose: The purpose was to evaluate the experiences of nursing students and academic educators on the perceived impact of virtual telesimulation in clinical education. Methods: A descriptive qualitative study using focus group discussions was conducted. Results: Four themes emerged: “coming together to know one another” for rapport building, “learning from different perspectives” to foster clinical learning and practice, “application of learning strategy” to stimulate case-based discussion, and “reaching out to more preceptors” to optimize its impact in clinical practice. Conclusions: Academic-practice collaboration using virtual telesimulation enabled students and academic educators to build rapport with clinical preceptors and learn from other practices, which in turn enhanced students' clinical learning experiences.