Four-phase progressive ISBAR handover teaching design: didactic instruction, role-play, scenario simulation and OSCE¶
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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal),q2· 1 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The article describes a four-phase intervention design for teaching ISBAR-structured handover in an obstetric simulation and practicum course. The phases progress from ISBAR-structured handover didactic instruction and expert modelling, through role-play with antenatal assessment and handover practice, to scenario simulation with standardized patients and video-assisted debriefing, and culminating in OSCE assessment. Within each scenario, students rotated through sender and receiver roles so that every student actively performed the ISBAR handover. The authors offer this sequence as a potentially useful educational strategy rather than a validated model.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Eight parallel practice groups each facilitated by one designated faculty facilitator, all registered nurses with a master's degree or above who completed an 8-h standardization workshop
Constraints¶
- The authors state the four-stage sequence is offered as a potentially useful educational strategy rather than a validated model, and its effectiveness warrants further evaluation across different settings and populations before broader adoption
Target Learners¶
- third-year undergraduate nursing students
Learning Goals¶
- structured clinical handover communication
- clinical reasoning in obstetric contexts
Claims¶
- Nursing students' communication clarity rose significantly from before to after ISBAR-structured handover simulation teaching, in an uncontrolled pre-post study [+W]
- Isbar Simulation Improves Handover Confidence [+M]
Related Designs¶
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Key Sources¶
- Sun Jui-Chiung, Chang Min-Yu, Tsai Yi-Chun. (2026). Changes in Nursing Students' Clinical Handover Performance Following ISBAR-Structured Handover Simulation Teaching: A Mixed-Methods Study. Nursing Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70955
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Four-phase progressive ISBAR handover teaching design: didactic instruction, role-play, scenario simulation and OSCE |
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The article describes a four-phase intervention design for teaching ISBAR-structured handover in an obstetric simulation and practicum course. |
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