Open Access‘It’s the ultimate observer role…you’re feeling and seeing what’s happening to you’: students’ experiences of peer simulation
Author(s) -
Shane Pritchard,
Narelle Dalwood,
Jennifer Lyn Keating,
Debra Nestel,
Maxine Te,
Felicity Blackstock
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bmj simulation and technology enhanced learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2056-6697
DOI - 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000633
Subject(s) - feeling , thematic analysis , curriculum , psychology , medical education , health care , modalities , peer feedback , debriefing , qualitative research , medicine , pedagogy , social psychology , social science , sociology , economics , economic growth
Simulation-based education (SBE) benefits learners, but multiple barriers limit curriculum integration. Peer simulation, where students are formally educated to portray patient roles in simulated interactions with their peers, might maintain the educational benefits of SBE, be cost-effective, and enable additional learning. Our research question was: 'What are the perspectives and experiences of physiotherapy students who participated in peer simulation?'.