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Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa
Background Simulation learning is an educational strategy that has been used in South African Emergency Care Practitioner training for at least a decade. No authors had previously measured the satisfaction of South African ECP students with simulation learning. Objective The objectives of th...
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| author | Strachan, Helen |
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Simulation learning is an educational strategy that has been used in South African Emergency Care Practitioner training for at least a decade. No authors had previously measured the satisfaction of South African ECP students with simulation learning.
Objective
The objectives of this study were to explore the simulation satisfaction of students from two universities in South Africa, and to describe the simulation satisfaction using descriptive statistics.
Methods
This cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study used an English, electronic version of the SSES with one item from the tool deleted. Results A total of 81 students participated in the study - 32 from Nelson Mandela University (NMU) (39.5%) and 49 (60.5%) from the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Statistically significant differences were noted between the two groups in all three factors between the students from NMU and UJ: debriefing and reflection (median = 3.5 vs median = 4.2; p = 0.000; r = 0.5), clinical reasoning (median = 3.6 vs median = 4.0; p=0.002; r = 0.3.) and clinical learning (median = 3.7 vs median = 4.0; p=0.005; r = 0.3).
Conclusions
Students from both universities have had an overall positive experience of simulation learning, the students from UJ reported higher levels of satisfaction with simulation. These data provide important information for ECP student educators and highlight areas of satisfaction as well as dissatisfaction with simulation learning. This study also indicates that further research is required into the ECP student experiences of simulation learning in South Africa. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/31276 Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa Strachan, Helen Wallis, Lee Emergency Medicine Background Simulation learning is an educational strategy that has been used in South African Emergency Care Practitioner training for at least a decade. No authors had previously measured the satisfaction of South African ECP students with simulation learning. Objective The objectives of this study were to explore the simulation satisfaction of students from two universities in South Africa, and to describe the simulation satisfaction using descriptive statistics. Methods This cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study used an English, electronic version of the SSES with one item from the tool deleted. Results A total of 81 students participated in the study - 32 from Nelson Mandela University (NMU) (39.5%) and 49 (60.5%) from the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Statistically significant differences were noted between the two groups in all three factors between the students from NMU and UJ: debriefing and reflection (median = 3.5 vs median = 4.2; p = 0.000; r = 0.5), clinical reasoning (median = 3.6 vs median = 4.0; p=0.002; r = 0.3.) and clinical learning (median = 3.7 vs median = 4.0; p=0.005; r = 0.3). Conclusions Students from both universities have had an overall positive experience of simulation learning, the students from UJ reported higher levels of satisfaction with simulation. These data provide important information for ECP student educators and highlight areas of satisfaction as well as dissatisfaction with simulation learning. This study also indicates that further research is required into the ECP student experiences of simulation learning in South Africa. 2020-02-24T12:50:28Z 2020-02-24T12:50:28Z 2019 2020-02-24T10:05:52Z Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31276 eng application/pdf Division of Emergency Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences |
| spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Strachan, Helen Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa |
| title_full | Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa |
| title_short | Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa |
| title_sort | emergency care practitioner students satisfaction with simulation across two universities in south africa |
| topic | Emergency Medicine |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31276 |
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