Prioritize randomized controlled trials, established validity frameworks, and protocol publication in future VRS simulation research¶

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Description¶

The review's authors recommend how future simulator-training research in VRS should be designed: they hypothesize it would be beneficial to focus on randomized controlled trials, which are expensive but needed to rule out bias; researchers must acknowledge that validity is imperative to education research, considering frameworks such as Messick's; and studies should adequately report methods to avoid bias, including publishing protocols. Streamlined designs and validation terms would make studies comparable and allow stronger conclusions.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• An acknowledgement from researchers that validity is imperative to education research

Constraints¶

• Randomized controlled trials are expensive and require a lot of resources

Target Learners¶

• vitreoretinal surgery novices, including medical students, residents and fellows

Target Learning Goals¶

• acquisition and valid assessment of vitreoretinal surgical skills

Affordances¶

• Six Validation Benchmarks Surgical Simulation

Claims¶

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Rasmussen Rasmus Christian, Grauslund Jakob, Vergmann Anna Stage. (2019). Simulation training in vitreoretinal surgery: a systematic review. BMC Ophthalmology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-019-1098-x