Competency-based simulation training outperforms noncompetency-based simulation for procedural skill outcomes in health professionals (moderate pooled effect)¶
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q3 i2 Meta-analysis of 12 head-to-head studies shows improved performance for competency-based versus noncompetency-based simulation (pooled SMD = 0.67, 95% CI 0.27–1.07, P < 0.001). → Vermylen JH 2026
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Vermylen JH 2026¶
Vermylen JH, Cohen ER, Cook DA, McGaghie WC, Issenberg SB, Arnold J, Ballard H, Bayoumi M, Beestrum M, Bremner R, Crawford S, Einstein N, Mannarino C, Misra A, Tomita TM, Waldron H, Yanko F, Kessler DO. (2026). Competency-Based Simulation Training for Procedural Skills: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Simulation in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1097/SIH.0000000000000895
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Random-effects meta-analysis of 12 studies (from 11 articles) comparing competency-based to noncompetency-based simulation, using each study's best outcome. The review reports "a moderate effect size" favoring competency-based training; all but 2 studies favored it, and heterogeneity was high (I2 = 77%).
"Meta-analysis of the best outcome for each of these 12 studies shows improved performance among participants trained in a competency-based simulation when compared with a noncompetency-based simulation (pooled SMD = 0.67, 95% CI = 0.27 to 1.07, P < 0.001)"
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Related Claims¶
- Automated versus nonautomated feedback in competency-based simulation shows a negligible, non-significant pooled difference — related
- Training-time ratio moderates the competency-based simulation advantage: large effects when competency training takes less time, non-significant when it takes more — related
- Competency-based simulation effects are large for skills measured in the simulation lab but small and non-significant for clinical behaviors and patient outcomes — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Self-regulated versus instructor-guided feedback in competency-based simulation shows a negligible, non-significant pooled difference — related
- Simulation Based Education Improves Outcomes — a broader claim this one bears on
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