Only a minority of included SBST programs tailored training to pre-existing skill levels or explicitly assessed learner motivation¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-31 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Only two of ten studies tailored training based on pre-existing skill levels, and only one explicitly assessed learner motivation. → Wickramasinghe D 2025

Evidence¶

Wickramasinghe D 2025¶

Wickramasinghe D, Vincent J. (2025). The use of deliberate practice in simulation-based surgical training for laparoscopic surgery – a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07613-w

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review's synthesis of task design across included studies reports that "only two studies tailoring training based on pre-existing skill levels". Learner motivation was explicitly assessed in one study per the Results section.

"Task design varied, with only two studies tailoring training based on pre-existing skill levels."

Discussion¶

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