Reporting Guidelines for Health Care Simulation Research: Where Is the learning?

Area of Science:

• Educational Research
• Scientific Reporting

Background:

• Current reporting guidelines for research may not adequately capture essential instructional elements.
• There is a need to improve the comprehensiveness of research reporting.

Purpose of the Study:

• To advocate for the inclusion of learning and instructional feature variables in reporting guidelines.
• To stimulate discussion on enhancing the reporting process for educational research.

Main Methods:

• This is a commentary, not an empirical study.
• It analyzes existing reporting guidelines and proposes additions.

Main Results:

• The commentary identifies a gap in current reporting standards.
• It suggests that specific variables related to learning and instruction are often omitted.

Conclusions:

• Reporting guidelines should be updated to incorporate learning and instructional feature variables.
• This will lead to more robust and informative research in education and related fields.