TY - JOUR
T1 - Training simulated participants for role portrayal and feedback practices in communication skills training
T2 - A BEME scoping review: BEME Guide No. 86
AU - Doyle, Andrea J.
AU - Sullivan, Clare
AU - O'Toole, Michelle
AU - Tjin, Anna
AU - Simiceva, Anastasija
AU - Collins, Naoise
AU - Murphy, Paul
AU - Anderson, Michael J.
AU - Mulhall, Claire
AU - Condron, Claire
AU - Nestel, Debra
AU - MacAulay, Robert
AU - McNaughton, Nancy
AU - Coffey, Frank
AU - Eppich, Walter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 AMEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Background: Providing feedback is a key aspect of simulated participants’ (SPs) educational work. In teaching contexts, the ability to provide feedback to learners is central to their role. Suboptimal feedback practices may deny learners the valuable feedback they need to learn and improve. This scoping review systematically maps the evidence related to SPs’ role as educators and identifies how SPs prepare for their role and feedback practices. Methods: The authors conducted a scoping review and included a group of international stakeholders with experience and expertise in SP methodology. Five online databases were systematically searched and ERIC, MedEdPortal and MedEdPublish were hand searched to identify relevant studies. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were developed. Data screening and subsequently data charting were performed in pairs. The results of data charting were thematically analysed including categories relating to the Association of SP Educators (ASPE) Standards of Best Practice (SOBP). Results: From 8179 articles identified for the title and abstract screening, 98 studies were included. Studies reported the benefit of SPs’ authentic role portrayal and feedback interactions for learners and on the reported learning outcomes. Data was heterogeneous with a notable lack of consistency in the detail regarding the scenario formats for communication skills training interventions, SP characteristics, and approaches to training for feedback and role portrayal. Conclusions: The published literature has considerable heterogeneity in reporting how SPs are prepared for role portrayal and feedback interactions. Additionally, our work has identified gaps in the implementation of the ASPE SOBP, which promotes effective SP-learner feedback interactions. Further research is required to identify effective applications of SP methodology to prepare SPs for their role as educators.
AB - Background: Providing feedback is a key aspect of simulated participants’ (SPs) educational work. In teaching contexts, the ability to provide feedback to learners is central to their role. Suboptimal feedback practices may deny learners the valuable feedback they need to learn and improve. This scoping review systematically maps the evidence related to SPs’ role as educators and identifies how SPs prepare for their role and feedback practices. Methods: The authors conducted a scoping review and included a group of international stakeholders with experience and expertise in SP methodology. Five online databases were systematically searched and ERIC, MedEdPortal and MedEdPublish were hand searched to identify relevant studies. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were developed. Data screening and subsequently data charting were performed in pairs. The results of data charting were thematically analysed including categories relating to the Association of SP Educators (ASPE) Standards of Best Practice (SOBP). Results: From 8179 articles identified for the title and abstract screening, 98 studies were included. Studies reported the benefit of SPs’ authentic role portrayal and feedback interactions for learners and on the reported learning outcomes. Data was heterogeneous with a notable lack of consistency in the detail regarding the scenario formats for communication skills training interventions, SP characteristics, and approaches to training for feedback and role portrayal. Conclusions: The published literature has considerable heterogeneity in reporting how SPs are prepared for role portrayal and feedback interactions. Additionally, our work has identified gaps in the implementation of the ASPE SOBP, which promotes effective SP-learner feedback interactions. Further research is required to identify effective applications of SP methodology to prepare SPs for their role as educators.
KW - Communication skills
KW - feedback
KW - role portrayal
KW - simulated participant; training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85167438861&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2241621
DO - 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2241621
M3 - Review Article
C2 - 37552799
AN - SCOPUS:85167438861
SN - 0142-159X
VL - 46
SP - 162
EP - 178
JO - Medical Teacher
JF - Medical Teacher
IS - 2
ER -