International journal of Nursing Science Practice and Research
The Making of Scenario: A Descriptive Qualitative Study to Explore Lecturers’ View in Simulated Patient-based Simulation Session
Abstract
Simulated patient (SP) is defined as a layperson that simulates to portray the role of a patient withhealth-related conditions based on varying levels of training. The aim of the study was to explore thelecturers’ view toward an SP-based simulation session. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with five participants recruited for a focused group interview. The interviewerused a list of guide questions to explore both the positive and negative experiences of teaching andlearning sessions as well as Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). A combination ofmanual and computer software program was used for data management and analysis. Three mainthemes and ten sub-themes have emerged. The first theme was SP resembles a real patient, with thesub-themes of Value for the student, Alternative improve realism, In-role, and Appropriatenessresponse; the second theme was The making of scenario, with the sub-themes of Briefing strategy, Scriptcontent, and SP attitude toward briefing; the third theme was SP feedback, with the sub-themes ofContent of feedback, Feedback skill, and Worth for student. The lecturers valued the SPs’ contributionif only the SP is able to resemble a real patient during the simulation sessions, and demonstratedeffective feedback skills. Training SP for both realistic portrayals of the character and feedback isessential to optimize the value of an SP-based simulation session.References (24)
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