Virtual simulations are less effective than mannequins or real persons for procedural skills among nursing participants¶
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q3 i2 In the discipline subgroup analysis, only the nursing group showed a significant difference, with VSs less effective than mannequins or RPs for procedural skills (SMD=–0.55). → Jiang N 2024
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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
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Subgroup analysis by discipline within the procedural-skills meta-analysis of 10 RCTs: 7 medicine studies and 3 nursing studies. The nursing subgroup favored mannequins or RPs (SMD=–0.55; 95% CI –1.07 to –0.03; P=.04); the medicine subgroup showed no significant difference. Subgroup difference was not significant at P=.07.
"Only the nursing group showed a significant difference between VSs and mannequins or RPs (SMD=0.06; 95% CI –0.33 to 0.46; I2=64%; P<.001 for medicine and SMD=–0.55; 95% CI –1.07 to –0.03, I2=69%; P=.04 for nursing)"
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