Publication year has a positive effect on communication skill outcomes favoring virtual simulations in more recent studies¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Univariate meta-regression detected a positive effect of publication year (β=.09; P=.02) on communication skill scores. → Jiang N 2024

Evidence¶

Jiang N 2024¶

Jiang N, Zhang Y, Liang S, Lyu X, Chen S, Huang X, Pan H. (2024). Effectiveness of Virtual Simulations Versus Mannequins and Real Persons in Medical and Nursing Education: Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/56195

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Univariate random-effects meta-regression across the 5 communication-skills RCTs. Publication year was the only significant moderator (β=.09; P=.02); age, nursing discipline, undergraduate level, and real person comparison had no effects. The article attributes this to technology advances overcoming lack of realism.

"Univariate meta-regression revealed that year of publication (β=.09; P=.02) had a positive effect on communication skill scores"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Communication Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Virtual simulations and real persons show no significant difference in enhancing communication skills — related

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