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  • Medical Education
  • Healthcare Simulation
  • Learning Technologies

Background:

  • Clinician and team performance depend on acquired skills and expertise.
  • Simulation-based education (SBE) is crucial for developing these competencies.
  • Facilitating SBE effectively is considered an art, requiring careful management of realism.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the role of modulated realism and 'benevolent deception' in SBE.
  • To discuss how manipulating SBE elements enhances the learning experience.
  • To present a simulation fidelity model with environmental, patient, semantical, and phenomenal dimensions.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of facilitation techniques in simulation-based education.
  • Discussion of 'benevolent deception' strategies, including withholding information and using 'tricks of the trade'.
  • Conceptualization of a simulation fidelity model.

Main Results:

  • Modulating realism and employing 'benevolent deception' are common SBE practices.
  • These techniques help learners suspend disbelief, engage critical thinking, and treat simulations realistically.
  • Strategic manipulation of SBE aspects is key to facilitating effective learning experiences.

Conclusions:

  • The art of SBE facilitation involves more than high-fidelity realism; it requires adaptive modulation.
  • 'Benevolent deception' can be a valuable tool when used judiciously to enhance learning.
  • A comprehensive simulation fidelity model is proposed to guide SBE design and implementation.