Simulation-based medical education improves knowledge-based performance of undergraduate medical students as an adjunct to existing curricula¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? All included studies reported a performance benefit to students associated with simulation training across medical and surgical specialities. → McInerney Niall 2022

Evidence¶

McInerney Niall 2022¶

McInerney Niall, Nally D., Khan M.F., Heneghan H., Cahill R.A. (2022). Performance effects of simulation training for medical students – a systematic review. GMS Journal for Medical Education. https://www.egms.de/en/journals/zma/2022-39/zma001572.shtml

q3 · i? · review · r2

Narrative systematic review per PRISMA of Ovid MEDLINE, EMBASE and PubMed (2010–2020); nineteen articles including nine randomised trials concerning 2459 students (median 79/study) were selected. The review reports that "All groups reported a performance benefit to students associated with simulation training." No pooled effect size was computed because meta-analysis was prohibited by heterogeneity.

"All groups reported a performance benefit to students associated with simulation training. Simulation training was shown to have a positive effect when used across a broad range of medical and surgical specialities, in acute and non-acute scenarios."

Discussion¶

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