The review reports, citing prior studies, that high-fidelity simulators show no important long-term advantage over low-fidelity simulators¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? According to studies cited by the review, high-fidelity simulators provide at most a moderate short-term benefit over low-fidelity simulators and no long-term benefit. → Larraga-García 2022

Evidence¶

Larraga-García 2022¶

Larraga-García, B., Quintana-Díaz, M., & Gutiérrez, Á. (2022). Simulation-Based Education in Trauma Management: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013546

q1 · i? · review · r2

Narrative review attributing this to a cited systematic review (ref [22]) of skill performance evolution comparing low- and high-fidelity simulations; the review reports a short-term moderate benefit but that "in the long term, no benefits are obtained". The cited studies' designs were not independently verified.

"This study shows that, in the short-term, the use of high-fidelity simulators provides a moderate benefit compared to low-fidelity; however, in the long term, no benefits are obtained."

Discussion¶

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