Effectiveness of Digital Simulation on Student Nurses' Knowledge and Confidence:An Integrative Literature Review

Digital simulation is an emerging innovation with the potential to address the limitations to traditional clinical simulation. The pandemic has accelerated teaching on digital platforms, which is now embedded in pedagogic practice. This integrative review will evaluate the effectiveness of digital s...

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Published inAdvances in Medical Education and Practice Vol. 13; pp. 765 - 775
Main Authors Gebreheat, Gdiom, Whitehorn, L Jane, Paterson, Ruth E
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dove
Dove Medical Press
Subjects
Analysis
Clinical trials
Confidence
Curricula
Database searching
digital simulation
Distance learning
Educational objectives
Educational technology
Epidemics
Evidence-based medicine
Institutional repositories
Internet/Web search services
knowledge
Knowledge acquisition
Low income groups
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing students
Online instruction
Online searching
Qualitative research
Review
Simulation
Software
Students
digital simulation
nursing
confidence
knowledge
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Summary:Digital simulation is an emerging innovation with the potential to address the limitations to traditional clinical simulation. The pandemic has accelerated teaching on digital platforms, which is now embedded in pedagogic practice. This integrative review will evaluate the effectiveness of digital simulation on nursing students' knowledge and/or confidence. The electronic database search carried out between October 3 and 7, 2021. We included primary research articles published in English language between January 2012 and October 2021. From 14,369 citations, 10 full-text documents were included in our final analysis and synthesis. Results suggest that digital simulation with realistic, immersive and interactive characters had a positive impact on students' learning outcome in terms of knowledge acquisition and self-confidence. Therefore, combining digital simulation with face-to-face simulation will enhance learning.
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ISSN:1179-7258
1179-7258
DOI:10.2147/AMEP.S366495