Human mentor feedback was often judged superior to automated simulator feedback for guiding skill acquisition¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Across included studies, automated feedback ensured immediacy, but human supervision was often deemed superior in guiding skill acquisition. → 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? · quant-synthesis · r2

The review's synthesis of feedback modalities across included studies reports that "human supervision was often deemed superior in guiding skill acquisition". This is a qualitative comparative judgement, not a meta-analytic estimate.

"While automated feedback ensured immediacy, human supervision was often deemed superior in guiding skill acquisition."

Discussion¶

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