Simulation-based interventions produce a small but statistically significant improvement in nursing students' empathy¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? A meta-analysis of 28 studies found simulation interventions produced a small but statistically significant improvement in empathy among nursing students, with stronger effects in quasi-experimental designs and larger samples. → Daneshfar Majid; Moonaghi Hossein Karimi 2025

Evidence¶

Daneshfar Majid; Moonaghi Hossein Karimi 2025¶

Daneshfar Majid; Moonaghi Hossein Karimi. (2025). The impact of clinical simulation on bridging the theory–practice gap in nursing education: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07790-8

q3 · i? · review · r2

Meta-analysis (Cho et al., cited by this review) of "28 studies" found "a small but statistically significant improvement in empathy"; the review reports this second-hand, so quality is capped accordingly.

"A recent meta-analysis involving 28 studies demonstrated that such interventions produced a small but statistically significant improvement in empathy among nursing students, with stronger effects observed in studies using quasi-experimental designs and larger sample sizes"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

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