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Mock trial as a simulation strategy allowing undergraduate nursing students to experience evidence-based practice: A scoping-review

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Song, Chieun, Jang, Aeri·2023·PLOS ONE
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0289789PMC PMC10414593
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Objective: The purpose of this scoping review was to determine the underlying design of simulations that help undergraduate nursing students acquire evidence-based practice (EBP) experiences. Method: The JBI methodology was used for this review. The inclusion criteria were studies conducted in academic, clinical, or virtual settings that examined simulation programs designed to facilitate the acquisition of EBP by undergraduate nursing students. A comprehensive search was performed on Jan 3, 2022, using the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE; PubMed), the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), and the Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE). Grey literature was not included. Publication year was limited to 2020 and later. There was no language restriction. Data were extracted using a tool developed by the reviewers and based on the National League for Nursing Jeffries Simulation Theory. Result: A total of 12,931 articles were found, and after duplicate articles and articles deemed ineligible based on the title and abstract (12,914 articles), 17 published papers were examined. The full texts of these studies were reviewed for eligibility, and one study was selected for the present scoping review. The selected study examined a mock trial designed to allow undergraduate nursing students to experience the ethical decision-making based on a diversity of evidence. The program reported in the study consisted of a prebriefing—simulation (mock)—debriefing structure with verified positive effects on EBP education. Conclusion: A mock trial is a useful educational strategy for allowing undergraduate nursing students to experience EBP, but a creative method should be found that can modify the mock trial for practical operation as the designing the program demands high levels of human and material resources. Registration: OSF Registries, https://osf.io/gdtyu, We updated OSF registry data for documenting important protocol amendments.

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  • Recent literature investigated mock trial use in various healthcare contexts and practice areas, such as simulation learning, to offer experience in evidence-based practice.

    “Indeed, recent literature investigated mock trial use in various healthcare contexts and practice areas, e.g.simulation learning, to offer experience in evidence-based practice (Song & Jang, 2023).”

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    The Introduction describes mock trials as simulations that let students experience how evidence-based practice is applied in clinical settings, and the Discussion mentions uses with clinical nurses. However, the Results say the scoping review included only one eligible study, involving undergraduate nursing students in an interprofessional ethics simulation; the claim overstates the range of healthcare contexts and practice areas it investigated. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Song, C., & Jang, A.
Affiliations
Nambu University (KR)
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Jang, Aeri
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Venue
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Published
2023-08-10
Volume
18
Issue
8
Pages
e0289789
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0289789
PMC
PMC10414593
OpenAlex
W4385732717
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5
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2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3
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en
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  • PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF 2018R1D1A3B07050090)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Sciences Research and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
Keywords
mock trial, simulation-based education, evidence-based practice, undergraduate nursing students, nursing education, ethical decision-making, debriefing, prebriefing, simulation program design
MeSH terms
Clinical Competence, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Humans, Students, Nursing, Evidence-Based Practice

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