Trial reportBMC medical education2016
A simulated night shift in the emergency room increases students' self-efficacy independent of role taking over during simulation.
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- Perception of Tunisian Medical Students with Chronic Conditions: Pilot Study.Medical science educator · 2024Article
- Transitioning from university to postgraduate medical training: A narrative review of work readiness of medical graduates.Health science reports · 2021Review
- Does simulation training in final year make new graduates feel more prepared for the realities of professional practice?BMJ simulation & technology enhanced learning · 2021Article
- Effects of using a cognitive aid on content and feasibility of debriefings of simulated emergencies.GMS journal for medical education · 2021Article
- An observational study of self-monitoring in ad hoc health care teams.BMC medical education · 2020Observational
- Simulation Training to Improve the Ability of First-Year Doctors to Assess and Manage Deteriorating Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Medical science educator · 2019Article
- Rating the quality of teamwork-a comparison of novice and expert ratings using the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM) in simulated emergencies.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2019Article
- Interprofessional Emergency Training Leads to Changes in the Workplace.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2018Article
- 'Your comments are meaner than your score': score calibration talk influences intra- and inter-panel variability during scientific grant peer review.Research Evaluation · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundJunior doctors do not feel well prepared when they start into postgraduate training. High self-efficacy however is linked to better clinical performance and may thus improve patient care. What factors affect self-efficacy is currently unknown. We conducted a simulated night shift in an emergency room (ER) with final-year medical students to identify factors contributing to their self-efficacy and thus inform simulation training in the ER.
methodsWe simulated a night in the ER using best educational practice including multi-source feedback, simulated patients and vicarious learning with 30 participants. Students underwent 7 prototypic cases in groups of 5 in different roles (leader, member and observer). Feeling of preparedness was measured at baseline and 5 days after the event. After every case students recorded their confidence dependent of their role during simulation and evaluated the case.
resultsThirty students participated, 18 (60 %) completed all surveys. At baseline students feel unconfident (Mean -0.34). Feeling of preparedness increases significantly at follow up (Mean 0.66, p = 0.001, d = 1.86). Confidence after simulation is independent of the role during simulation (F(2,52) = 0.123, p = 0.884). Observers in a simulation can estimate leader's confidence independent of their own (r = 0.188, p = 0.32) while team members cannot (r = 0.61, p < 0.001).
conclusionsSimulation improves self-efficacy. The improvement of self-efficacy is independent of the role taken during simulation. As a consequence, groups can include observers as participants without impairing their increase in self-efficacy, providing a convenient way for educators to increase simulation efficiency. Different roles can furthermore be included into multi-source peer-feedback.
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