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Collaborative simulation-based learning: a peer-assisted model in which student teams design, perform, and assess clinical simulation scenarios

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

Collaborative simulation-based learning is "a structured learning model for the acquisition and assessment of clinical competencies in which small teams of students collaborate to design and perform clinical simulation scenarios." Students occupy the center of instructional design, alternating roles between physical therapists, observers, and standardized patients, culminating in instructor-led debriefings. The article grounds the model in social constructivism and cognitive load theory and tested it against individual simulation with professional standardized patients in a randomized trial.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • An evidence-based guide providing the theoretical framework for students to design, simulate, and evaluate collaborative scenarios
  • Instructor facilitation during the design phase, including resolving doubts, defining roles, and reviewing clinical coherence of scenarios

Constraints

  • Its comparative efficacy against individual simulation was established only for physical therapy students managing chronic low back pain flare-ups in one underpowered trial

Target Learners

  • Undergraduate physical therapy students
  • Health sciences students in entry-to-practice curricula

Learning Goals

  • Clinical competence in managing complex clinical encounters
  • Clinical reasoning and professional behaviors

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Cuyul-Vásquez I, Aravena-Páez H, Araya-Quintanilla F, Guinez-Molinos S, Núñez-Cortés R, Gutiérrez Espinoza H. (2026). Collaborative Simulation-Based Learning to Develop Competencies in Physical Therapy Students: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.2196/85442
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title Collaborative simulation-based learning: a peer-assisted model in which student teams design, perform, and assess clinical simulation scenarios
description Collaborative simulation-based learning is "a structured learning model for the acquisition and assessment of clinical competencies in which small teams of students collaborate to design and perform clinical simulatio...
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