Determining current approaches to the evaluation of the quality of healthcare simulation-based education provision: a scoping review
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Keele University; Robert Gordon University; Library and Knowledge Service for NHS Ambulance Services in England; University of Chester; European Pre-Hospital Research Network, Nottingham; East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Nottingham Trent UniversityPublication Date
2023-10-05
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Background: With an increase in simulation being used in healthcare education, there is a need to ensure the quality of simulation-based education is high. This scoping review was conducted to answer the question: What are the current approaches to the evaluation of the quality of health-care simulation-based education provision? Methods: Databases PubMed, Cochrane, ERIC, CINAHL and Medline were searched in March 2023 to retrieve peer-reviewed healthcare research and review articles written in the English language within the last 20 years. All data were extracted from six studies, themed and presented in the main text and in tabular form. Results: Two scoping reviews, one systematic review and three research articles were included. Three main themes were found: adherence to existing design frameworks, lack of validation of these frameworks and lack of evaluation frameworks, and a proposed evaluation framework. Many of the excluded articles focussed on gaining participant feedback to evaluate simulation activities, rather than evaluating the quality of the design and implementation of the simulation. Conclusions: Benchmarking of current United Kingdom (UK) healthcare simulation against UK and international simulation standards is required to increase its quality, therefore, an agreed UK template framework to evaluate simulation packages is recommended.Citation
Pogson, R., Henderson, H., Holland, M., Sumera, A., Sumera, K., & Webster, C. A. (2023). Determining current approaches to the evaluation of the quality of healthcare simulation-based education provision: a scoping review. MedEdPublish, 13, 207. https://doi.org/10.12688/mep.19758.1Publisher
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https://mededpublish.org/articles/13-207/v1Type
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2312-7996ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.12688/mep.19758.1