Significant improvements in confidence, performance, management, communication, anxiety and knowledge scores were reported following ISS, but four controlled comparisons found no significant difference versus control or comparison training¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Twenty-seven studies of ISS for non-technical skills, knowledge, comfort and confidence reported significant improvements in confidence, performance, management/leadership, communication, anxiety and knowledge scores. → Evans Kerry 2022 q2 i? Four studies comparing ISS groups with control or comparison groups reported no statistically significant difference in outcomes, including ISS versus simulation-centre training for obstetric emergency knowledge. → Evans Kerry 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Evans Kerry 2022¶

Evans Kerry, Woodruff Jenny, Cowley Alison, Bramley Louise, Miles Giulia, Ross Alastair, Cooper Joanne, Baxendale Bryn. (2022). GENESISS 2—Generating Standards for In-Situ Simulation project: a systematic mapping review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03401-y

q2 · i? · review · r3

Review category 4: twenty-seven studies (samples 20 to 750 participants) with outcome measures including self-reported confidence, performance, communication, anxiety and knowledge. The review reports "Significant improvements in confidence scores were reported for single session" designs and similar improvements across other measures.

"Significant improvements in confidence scores were reported for single session [96, 98, 111, 114], three session [112, 117] or regular departmental training [2]."

Evans Kerry 2022 (2)¶

Evans Kerry, Woodruff Jenny, Cowley Alison, Bramley Louise, Miles Giulia, Ross Alastair, Cooper Joanne, Baxendale Bryn. (2022). GENESISS 2—Generating Standards for In-Situ Simulation project: a systematic mapping review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03401-y

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review reports four controlled comparisons with null results: lecture-based versus ISS training for situational awareness, ISS versus simulation-centre obstetric emergency training, ISS versus no interprofessional education, and ISS versus mandatory resuscitation training. Equivalence was not tested; no effect sizes were printed.

"Four studies which compared ISS groups with control or comparison groups reported no statistical significant difference in outcomes"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it

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