Effects of high-fidelity simulation on teamwork performance are mixed: one RCT found improved teamwork behaviors while three found no significant difference¶
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q3 i? In four RCTs analyzing teamwork efficacy, a positive result was shown in only one study; the other three found no significant difference between high-fidelity and low-fidelity groups. → Huang Jichong 2019
Evidence¶
Huang Jichong 2019¶
Huang Jichong, Tang Ying, Tang Jun, Shi Jing, Wang Hua, Xiong Tao, Xia Bin, Zhang Li, Qu Yi, Mu Dezhi. (2019). Educational efficacy of high-fidelity simulation in neonatal resuscitation training: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-019-1763-z
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The review's synthesis of four RCTs measuring teamwork performance. Thomas et al. found improved teamwork event behaviors in high-fidelity groups (p = 0.004), while three studies found no significant difference between groups; no meta-analysis was possible.
"In our study, four RCTs analyzed the teamwork efficacy of high-fidelity simulation-based training, but a positive result was shown in only one study."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Collaboration — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- In an RCT of ICU nurses, simulation-based education produced within-group gains in knowledge, confidence and competence but no between-group differences at 6 weeks
- Long-term retention of high-fidelity simulation benefits is controversial: one RCT found no difference at 3 months while another found improvement after a median of 107 days
- Skill retention after simulation is rarely measured; at 2-month follow-up only the VR group maintained significant ISVS improvement
- HF simulation shows no significant benefit for satisfaction, confidence, or teamwork behaviors, and no long-term knowledge retention benefit — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
- HF simulation improves ALS skill performance at course conclusion versus LF simulation and traditional training (pooled SMD = 0.63) with high heterogeneity — related
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