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Gender Differences in Psychological Safety, Academic Safety, Cognitive Load, and Debriefing Satisfaction in
Young Sook Roh1, Kie In Jang, S Barry Issenberg
1Professor (Roh), Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Professor (Jang), College of Nursing, The Kyungbok University, Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea; and Professor (Issenberg), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Background:
As there is an increasing trend in the number of male-identifying learners in undergraduate nursing education, a need exists to identify the gender differences in learners' perceptions regarding simulation-based learning.
Purpose:
This study aimed to identify the gender differences in psychological safety, academic safety, cognitive load, and debriefing satisfaction in simulation-based nursing education.
Methods:
A cross-sectional descriptive survey was implemented with 97 female and 95 male nursing students. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U tests or independent-samples t tests.
Results:
Female nursing students reported a lower academic safety and higher intrinsic load than male nursing students. Male nursing students perceived a higher germane load than female nursing students.
Conclusions:
The significance of the present study was the identification of gender differences in participant perception of the simulation learning experience for effective simulation design.
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