Simulation increases participants' empathy, communication and interpersonal skills and decreases anxiety¶
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Currency · newest study 2025 · checked against its sources 2026-10-31 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Simulation efficiently increases participants' empathy, understanding of the interprofessional team, and communication and interpersonal skills, and decreases anxiety prior to communicating with mentally ill persons. → Beyene Lise Saestad 2025
Evidence¶
Beyene Lise Saestad 2025¶
Beyene Lise Saestad, Vikman Miriam Dubland, Fugleberg Bruaset Geir Tarje, Hem Marit Helene, Andersen Elisabeth, Hammervold Unn Elisabeth. (2025). What is known about the development of relational competence in the mental health education of healthcare professionals – a scoping review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08353-7
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The review's synthesis of multiple included simulation studies reports that "Simulation has proved to efficiently increase participants’ empathy" and related skills; no pooled effect sizes are printed.
"Simulation has proved to efficiently increase participants’ empathy [39, 46] and understanding of the interprofessional team [39], as well as their communication and interpersonal skills [35, 41, 43, 47–49, 52, 54]."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Communication Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
- Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Innovative andragogical strategies — simulation, narrative medicine, reflective writing — enhance empathy, compassion, and communication skills in medical students — a broader claim this one bears on
- VR-based nurse-physician communication team training is non-inferior to live simulation for communication performance and improves interprofessional attitudes — related
- Participants reported increased confidence, readiness and teamwork after completing the SimLab programme — related
- Participants reported improved communication skills and faculty modeling of positive interpersonal interaction — related
- Skill retention after simulation is rarely measured; at 2-month follow-up only the VR group maintained significant ISVS improvement — related
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