COVID-19; Distance; Education; Learning; Pandemics; Simulation; Surveys and questionnaires; Technology; General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Environmental Science
Abstract :
[en] [en] BACKGROUND: The coronavirus pandemic continues to shake the embedded structures of traditional in-person education across all learning levels and across the globe. In healthcare simulation, the pandemic tested the innovative and technological capabilities of simulation programs, educators, operations staff, and administration. This study aimed to answer the question: What is the state of distance simulation practice in 2021?
METHODS: This was an IRB-approved, 34-item open survey for any profession involved in healthcare simulation disseminated widely and internationally in seven languages from January 14, 2021, to March 3, 2021. Development followed a multistep process of expert design, testing, piloting, translation, and recruitment. The survey asked questions to understand: Who was using distance simulation? What driving factors motivated programs to initiate distance sim? For what purposes was distance sim being used? What specific types or modalities of distance simulation were occurring? How was it being used (i.e., modalities, blending of technology and resources and location)? How did the early part of the pandemic differ from the latter half of 2020 and early 2021? What information would best support future distance simulation education? Data were cleaned, compiled, and analyzed for dichotomized responses, reporting frequencies, proportions, as well as a comparison of response proportions.
RESULTS: From 32 countries, 618 respondents were included in the analysis. The findings included insights into the prevalence of distance simulation before, during, and after the pandemic; drivers for using distance simulation; methods and modalities of distance simulation; and staff training. The majority of respondents (70%) reported that their simulation center was conducting distance simulation. Significantly more respondents indicated long-term plans for maintaining a hybrid format (82%), relative to going back to in-person simulation (11%, p < 0.001).
CONCLUSION: This study gives a perspective into the rapid adaptation of the healthcare simulation community towards distance teaching and learning in reaction to a radical and quick change in education conditions and environment caused by COVID-19, as well as future directions to pursue understanding and support of distance simulation.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
BULEON, Clément ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service des urgences ; Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Caen Normandy University Hospital, Caen, France ; Medical School, University of Caen Normandy, Caen, France ; Center for Medical Simulation, Boston, MA, USA
Caton, J; Division of Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Standford, CA, USA
Park, Y S; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, & Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 36 1st Avenue, Boston, MA, 02129-4557, USA
Eller, S; Department of Immersive Learning and Learning Spaces, Stanford University School of Medicine, Standford, CA, USA
Buyck, M; Department of Pediatric Emergency, Sainte-Justine Hospital University Center, Montreal, Canada
Kardong-Edgren, S; Center for Medical Simulation, Boston, MA, USA ; MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA ; College of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA
Walsh, B M; Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Gross, I T; Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Heaven, CT, USA
Maxworthy, J; School of Nursing and Health Professions, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Reedy, G; Center for Medical Simulation, Boston, MA, USA ; Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
Palaganas, J C ; Center for Medical Simulation, Boston, MA, USA. jpalaganas@mgh.harvard.edu ; Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, & Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 36 1st Avenue, Boston, MA, 02129-4557, USA. jpalaganas@mgh.harvard.edu ; MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA. jpalaganas@mgh.harvard.edu
Language :
English
Title :
The state of distance healthcare simulation during the COVID-19 pandemic: results of an international survey.
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