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Content validity test of a safety checklist for simulated participants in simulation-based education in the United Kingdom: a methodological study.
- Source :
- Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions; 2022, Vol. 19, p1-6, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Purpose: Simulation training is an ever-growing means of healthcare education and often involves simulated participants (SPs), commonly known as actors. Simulation-based education (SBE) can sometimes endanger SPs, and as such we have created a safety checklist for them to follow. This study describes how we developed the checklist through a quality improvement project, and then evaluated feedback responses to assess whether SPs felt our checklist was safe. Methods: The checklist was provided to SPs working in an acute trust simulation service when delivering multidisciplinary SBE over 4 months. Using multiple plan--do--study--act cycles, the checklist was refined by reflecting on SP feedback to ensure that the standards of the safe simulation were met. We collected 21 responses from September to December 2021 after SPs completed an SBE event. Results: The responses showed that 100% of SPs felt safe during SBE when using our checklist. The average "confidence in safety" rating before using the checklist was 6.8/10, which increased significantly to 9.2/10 after using the checklist (P<0.0005). The checklist was refined throughout the 4 months and implemented in adult and pediatric SBE as a standard operating procedure. Conclusion: We recommend using our safety checklist as a standard operating procedure to improve the confidence and safety of SPs during safe and effective simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- BRITISH education system
STATISTICS
CONFIDENCE
RESEARCH evaluation
ACADEMIC medical centers
SIMULATED patients
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
SIMULATION methods in education
MEDICAL care
CRONBACH'S alpha
COMPARATIVE studies
QUALITY assurance
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
DATA analysis software
DATA analysis
PATIENT safety
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19755937
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161333815
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2022.19.21