Developing a competency framework for training with simulations in healthcare: a qualitative study

Zafošnik, Uroš (author), Cerovečki, Venija (author), Stojnić, Nataša (author), Poženel Belec, Anja (author), Klemenc-Ketiš, Zalika (author)

Background Simulation is a technique used to create an experience without going through the real event. Competency-based medical education focuses on outcomes and ensures professionals have the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The purpose of this study was to develop a set of competencies for the instructors providing basic and advanced levels of simulation-based training in healthcare. Methods We conducted a qualitative study in three steps, with each next step building on and influenced by the previous one. First, we conducted a literature review, then a consensus development panel, and finally a three-step Delphi process. The participants were experts in the fields of healthcare, education, and simulations. Results The six main competencies identified for the instructor providing simulation-based training at the basic level in healthcare include knowledge of simulation training, education/training development, education/training performance, human factors, ethics in simulation, and assessment. An instructor providing simulation-based training at an advanced level in healthcare should also possess the following five competencies: policies and procedures, organisation and coordination, research, quality improvement, and crisis management. Conclusion The identified competencies can serve as a valuable resource for simulation educators and organisations involved in simulation education, to plan curriculum and implement a continuous train-the-trainers programme.

• Language: English
• Keywords: competence, delphi study, healthcare, method, simulation, teaching
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: MF - Faculty of Medicine
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: 9 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 24, art. 180
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-182104
• UDC: 61:378
• ISSN on article: 1472-6920
• DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-05139-1
• COBISS.SI-ID: 187540227
• Publication date in RUL: 24.04.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: BMC medical education
• Shortened title: BMC Med Educ
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• ISSN: 1472-6920
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2439956

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• Project number: 2022-1-SI01-KA220-VET-000086392
• Name: Prenos simulacij v medicini