Short-interval (2.5-minute) spaced practice outperformed massed practice on a laparoscopic transfer task in Mackay et al.¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? One of the short-interval spaced schedules significantly outperformed the massed group on time, error and pathlength economy metrics. → Fahl Jan Torge 2023

Evidence¶

Fahl Jan Torge 2023¶

Fahl Jan Torge, Duvivier Robbert, Reinke Laurens, Pierie Jean-Pierre E. N., Schönrock-Adema Johanna. (2023). Towards best practice in developing motor skills: a systematic review on spacing in VR simulator-based psychomotor training for surgical novices. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04046-1

q2 · i? · review · r3

Randomized control trial (n=41 undergraduate and postgraduate students) on the MIST VR laparoscopic transfer-place task, comparing two 2.5-minute-interval spaced schedules with a 20-minute massed session. The review's table reports "Spaced 2 significantly outperformed the massed group (p < .05)"; no effect size printed.

"Spaced 2 significantly outperformed the massed group (p < .05)."

Discussion¶

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