Aim: This study aimed to develop and identify the effects of a tiered competence-based simulation educator development program on knowledge, competence and attitudes.
Background: Competence and educational needs-based training is required to improve nursing simulation educators' learning outcomes.
Design: This study used a one-group pretest-posttest design. Methods A convenience sample of 65 nursing simulation educators completed a self-administered questionnaire. Three levels of training programs were implemented: basic, intermediate and advanced courses. The pretest-posttest differences in knowledge, competence and attitude scores were analyzed using the paired t-test. The main variable scores for the three programs were compared using one-way ANOVA and the Scheffé post hoc test.
Results: Posttest levels of knowledge, competence and attitudes were higher than the pretest measures. Simulation educators in the basic course reported greater improvements in perceived competence when compared with participants in the intermediate course.
Conclusions: The tiered competence-based simulation educator development program improved nursing simulation educators' knowledge, competence and attitudes across all course levels.
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iScience
January 2025
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Lower Austria, Austria.
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Key Laboratory of Resources Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology of Shaanxi Province, the College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, China.
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Institut des sciences logopédiques, Université de Neuchâtel, Rue Pierre-à-Mazel 7, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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March 2025
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production Department, Naples University, 8 Via Mezzocannone, 80138 Naples, Italy.
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