A real-life paediatric emergency occurring after the intervention was managed well by staff who had not participated in SimLab, suggesting cascade of the transformed practices¶

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

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Staff not involved in the SimLab study reportedly benefited from the implemented changes when a real paediatric emergency presented to the practice before session 4. → O'Hare 2025

Evidence¶

O'Hare 2025¶

O'Hare, S., Kajamaa, A., Conn, R., & Gormley, G. (2025). SimLab: an intervention to promote expansive learning and organisational change in team-based emergency care simulation. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-025-09734-7

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Participant retrospective report in session 4 of a real emergency handled by a new GP trainee on her first or second day, who found prompt cards easy to follow. The authors note the staff involved "were not involved in the SimLab study".

"It wasn't the people who were involved in the simulation that actually gained the most from the study when the medical emergency happened…."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Participants reported increased confidence, readiness and teamwork after completing the SimLab programme — related
• After implementing collaboratively designed changes (emergency trolley, grab bags, orientation rules), the second in-situ simulation showed smoother, faster emergency care delivery — related
• In a theory-guided in-situ simulation programme, an interprofessional primary care team progressed through the expansive learning cycle from questioning current practice to consolidating new practices — a broader claim this one bears on
• Three contradictions emerged in the SimLab process — individualised emergency response, excluded non-clinical staff, and outdated CPR training — and their collaborative resolution drove organisational change — related
• The closer training content is to authentic clinical scenarios, the smoother its translation into practice — a broader claim this one bears on