Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

DOI

10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182a8336f

Publication Title

Simulation in Healthcare: Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

Volume

9

Issue

1

Pages

15-20

Abstract

Introduction: Instructional strategies must be balanced when subjecting students to full-immersion simulation so as not to discourage learning and increase cognitive overload. The purpose of this study was to determine if participating in a simulation exercise before lecture yielded better performance outcomes among novice learners.

Methods: Twenty-nine participants were divided into 2 groups as follows: group 1 participated in simulation exercises followed by a didactic lecture and group 2 participated in the same learning activities presented in the opposite order. Participants were administered a multiple-choice cognitive assessment upon completion of a workshop.

Results: Learners who participated in the simulated exercises followed by the didactic lecture performed better on post assessments as compared with those who participated in the simulation after the lecture. A repeated-measures or nested analysis of variance generated statistically significant results in terms of model fit F (α = 0.05; 4.54) = 176.07 with a P < 0.0001. Despite their higher levels of increased performance, 76% of those who participated in simulation activities first indicated that they would have preferred to participate in a lecture first.

Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that differences occur among learners when the sequencing of instructional components is altered. Learners who participated in simulation before lecture demonstrated increased knowledge compared with learners who participated in simulation after a lecture.

Comments

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Original Publication Citation

Stefaniak, J. E., & Turkelson, C. L. (2014). Does the sequence of instruction matter during simulation? Simulation in Healthcare: Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 9(1), 15-20. doi:10.1097/SIH.0b013e3182a8336f

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