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SimLab: a condensed four-session Change Laboratory pattern combining in-situ simulation with facilitated expansive learning discussions

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 qualitative), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

SimLab adapts the Change Laboratory formative intervention — typically up to ten-plus sessions — into four sessions designed "for the demands of the general practice workplace". Each session pairs an in-situ simulation or CHAT-guided group interview with facilitation of double stimulation: video footage of the simulation and observations serve as mirror data, while the activity system model, laminated guidelines and prior-session summaries serve as second stimuli. Reflection walls and diaries capture disturbances and aha moments between sessions. The pattern is described as potentially transferable to other clinical settings.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Requires mirror data (ISS video footage, guidelines, prior-session summaries), a researcher interventionist facilitator, and flexible reflection tools between sessions

Constraints

  • Designed and evaluated in a time-poor general practice setting; sessions ran at lunchtime when the practice was closed

Target Learners

  • interprofessional primary care teams

Learning Goals

  • expansive learning and transformative agency
  • team-based emergency care preparedness

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • O'Hare, S., Kajamaa, A., Conn, R., & Gormley, G. (2025). SimLab: an intervention to promote expansive learning and organisational change in team-based emergency care simulation. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-025-09734-7
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title SimLab: a condensed four-session Change Laboratory pattern combining in-situ simulation with facilitated expansive learning discussions
description SimLab adapts the Change Laboratory formative intervention — typically up to ten-plus sessions — into four sessions designed "for the demands of the general practice workplace".
status review
generated by process:settle-candidates on 2026-10-18
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