“If You've Trained, Then It's Much Easier”—Health Care Professionals’ Experiences of Participating in Simulation
2024 (English)In: Clinical Simulation in Nursing, ISSN 1876-1399, E-ISSN 1876-1402, Vol. 87, article id 101482Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Background
The aim of the study was to explore health care professionals’ experiences of participating in simulation-based training (SBT).
Methods
Individual semistructured interviews were conducted at two in-house training centres with 23 health care professionals representing different occupations, such as midwives, assistant nurses, registered nurses, and physicians among others. The data were analysed by thematic analysis.
Results
Five main themes emerged: Being able to grow in one's professional role, Coming together is fun, isn't it?, Being helped with a structured approach, Learning from feedback, and Creating the best out of (sur)realism. Overall, the health care professionals experienced SBT as positive, valuable, and as providing learning opportunities. Conversely, they expressed difficulties in communication and providing/receiving feedback, in particular when they were not known to the group or were less experienced in SBT.
Conclusions
SBT allows health care professionals to improve not only in the SBT process but also prepares them for clinical practice and to develop their communication and teamwork skills.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2024. Vol. 87, article id 101482
Keywords [en]
experiences, health care professionals, simulation-based training, experiential learning, teamwork
National Category
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-63203DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2023.101482ISI: 001141010800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85181968040Local ID: HOA;;924344OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-63203DiVA, id: diva2:1824348
Funder
The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius FoundationTore Browaldhs stiftelse, 20-0273Futurum - Academy for Health and Care, Jönköping County Council, Sweden, 994221Region Jönköping County2024-01-052024-01-052024-02-07Bibliographically approved