Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorWallis, Lee
dc.contributor.authorStrachan, Helen
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-24T12:50:28Z
dc.date.available2020-02-24T12:50:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2020-02-24T10:05:52Z
dc.description.abstractBackground Simulation learning is an educational strategy that has been used in South African Emergency Care Practitioner training for at least a decade. No authors had previously measured the satisfaction of South African ECP students with simulation learning. Objective The objectives of this study were to explore the simulation satisfaction of students from two universities in South Africa, and to describe the simulation satisfaction using descriptive statistics. Methods This cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study used an English, electronic version of the SSES with one item from the tool deleted. Results A total of 81 students participated in the study - 32 from Nelson Mandela University (NMU) (39.5%) and 49 (60.5%) from the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Statistically significant differences were noted between the two groups in all three factors between the students from NMU and UJ: debriefing and reflection (median = 3.5 vs median = 4.2; p = 0.000; r = 0.5), clinical reasoning (median = 3.6 vs median = 4.0; p=0.002; r = 0.3.) and clinical learning (median = 3.7 vs median = 4.0; p=0.005; r = 0.3). Conclusions Students from both universities have had an overall positive experience of simulation learning, the students from UJ reported higher levels of satisfaction with simulation. These data provide important information for ECP student educators and highlight areas of satisfaction as well as dissatisfaction with simulation learning. This study also indicates that further research is required into the ECP student experiences of simulation learning in South Africa.
dc.identifier.apacitationStrachan, H. (2019). <i>Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Emergency Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31276en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationStrachan, Helen. <i>"Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Emergency Medicine, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31276en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationStrachan, H. 2019. Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Strachan, Helen AB - Background Simulation learning is an educational strategy that has been used in South African Emergency Care Practitioner training for at least a decade. No authors had previously measured the satisfaction of South African ECP students with simulation learning. Objective The objectives of this study were to explore the simulation satisfaction of students from two universities in South Africa, and to describe the simulation satisfaction using descriptive statistics. Methods This cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study used an English, electronic version of the SSES with one item from the tool deleted. Results A total of 81 students participated in the study - 32 from Nelson Mandela University (NMU) (39.5%) and 49 (60.5%) from the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Statistically significant differences were noted between the two groups in all three factors between the students from NMU and UJ: debriefing and reflection (median = 3.5 vs median = 4.2; p = 0.000; r = 0.5), clinical reasoning (median = 3.6 vs median = 4.0; p=0.002; r = 0.3.) and clinical learning (median = 3.7 vs median = 4.0; p=0.005; r = 0.3). Conclusions Students from both universities have had an overall positive experience of simulation learning, the students from UJ reported higher levels of satisfaction with simulation. These data provide important information for ECP student educators and highlight areas of satisfaction as well as dissatisfaction with simulation learning. This study also indicates that further research is required into the ECP student experiences of simulation learning in South Africa. DA - 2019 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Emergency Medicine LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2019 T1 - Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa TI - Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31276 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/31276
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationStrachan H. Emergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of Emergency Medicine, 2019 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31276en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Emergency Medicine
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.subjectEmergency Medicine
dc.titleEmergency care practitioner students’ satisfaction with simulation across two universities in South Africa
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhil
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