Develop D/deaf patient simulation with Deaf community involvement from the start, and evaluate with rigorous longitudinal designs¶

Strategy · All strategies
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 review), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The review recommends that simulation educators incorporate a D/deaf patient experience into their immersive or virtual modalities, and that future work align "rigorous content, educational and simulation design quality standards". It highlights Deaf-led, user-centred development, in which content is built from focus-group and forum data gathered with Deaf communities from initial project stages, as the exemplar approach, alongside strong inter-disciplinary teams.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Involve Deaf communities and people with lived experience from initial project stages, as Anderson et al. (2020) and Blok et al. (2023) did in collecting focus-group and forum data to develop scripts and videos

Constraints¶

• The review states the current research status is too limited to provide educators with evidence-based recommendations on how to provide such learning activities

Target Learners¶

• health professional students, including nursing, medical and dental students

Target Learning Goals¶

• communication with D/deaf and hard of hearing patients
• Deaf awareness and empathy
• working with sign language interpreters

Claims¶

• Two included studies were Deaf-led or user-centred, developing simulation content from data gathered with Deaf communities from the start [+W]
• Participants with very little prior experience with Deaf communities reported greater post-intervention gains [+W]

Related Strategies¶

• Future research should use standardized validated outcome measures, longitudinal follow-up designs, and methods linking learner gains to patient-relevant outcomes

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Terry Julia, Wilks Rachel, Davies Joanne. (2025). Simulated learning interventions to improve communication and practice with deaf and hard of hearing patients: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Advances in Health Sciences Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-025-10452-5