A pilot evaluation of simulation-based interprofessional education for occupational therapy, speech pathology and dietetic students: improvements in attitudes and confidence

The use of simulation in occupational therapy education: A scoping review

“…Whether case studies in any format meet the definition of simulated learning is a debate that is wider than the scope of this report, and it is recognised that there exists a wide range of literature using these methods which is not identified as simulation and therefore not identified as part of this review. Nevertheless, studies defining case study methods as simulation were noted to provide valuable opportunities for inter-professional learning, enhanced communication, and team functioning (Gee et al, 2017;Lewis et al, 2018;Mackenzie et al, 2018;Mills et al, 2019).…”

“…Australian literature spans a breadth of types of simulation ranging from non-interactive simulation using video | 351 case studies (Lewis et al, 2018;Mills et al, 2019) through pre-post evaluation using both simulated patients and mannequins (Springfield, Honnery, & Bennett, 2018) to a simulated clinical placement (Imms et al, 2018). The most recent studies from Australia explore the relationship with practice learning (Chu et al, 2019;Imms et al, 2017Imms et al, , 2018, and include the only randomised controlled trial (Imms et al, 2018).…”

“…Results from these studies all identify a positive perception of the simulation experience by students and provide good evidence to suggest that simulation is of value within the Occupational Therapy pre-registration curriculum. No studies identified a negative perception, and although feedback was given by students on ways to improve the experience in all studies, this tended to relate to timing of feedback (Vuuren, 2016), whether the students felt that their classroom learning prepared them for the simulation (Mills et al, 2019) and other issues specific to the study environment.…”

Standardized Patients in Communication Sciences and DIsorders: Past, Present and Future Directions

“…It was reported that the experience resulted in the participants' self-reported satisfaction with the simulation design, education practices and satisfaction/self-confidence in the student learning processes. Mills et al (2019) also conducted a simulation-based IPE study which used a stroke-based unfolding case study. Students from speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, and dietetics were shown a series of videos of the patient interacting with professionals from each of the respective disciplines.…”

“…Healthcare SBLEs can be used to train healthcare professionals to perform clinical skills and to work in teams with the goal of improved patient safety MacKinnon, 2011;Mills et al, 2019). MacBean, Theodoros, Davidson, and Hill (2013), in a paper describing the use of SBLEs in Australian speech-language pathology programs, described perceived advantages to using SBLEs (p. 364).…”