The recommendation by
Skinner, 2017
that a standardized geriatric patient simulation should be integrated into community
health courses was not fully supported by the data and findings. First, in addition
to the lack of statistical significance noted by the authors, the effect size was
calculated to determine the difference in aging knowledge test scores before and after
the simulation and found it was only r = 9.1%, which is low according to Cohen's criteria (
Cohen, 1988
); therefore, there was not even a trend toward effectiveness in increasing knowledge
of aging. Second, in a qualitative component, many of the student participants made
positive statements about how much was learned about older adults, but this conflicted
with the unimproved knowledge scores. No negative statements were presented. The discrepancy
between the quantitative and qualitative findings can be possibly explained by the
absence of any methods for assessing the credibility or dependability of the qualitative
findings, such as the classic methods of
Lincoln and Guba, 1985
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Published online: December 04, 2017
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- Simulation: Preparing Nursing Students to Work with Community-Dwelling Older AdultsClinical Simulation In NursingVol. 13Issue 10
- Response: Effect Size in Clinical Education Using Standardized Geriatric Patient SimulationClinical Simulation In NursingVol. 16
- PreviewIn the October issue of Clinical Simulation in Nursing, Skinner (2017) presents a simulation curriculum to prepare undergraduate nursing students to work with a geriatric population in the community. The stated purpose of the investigation was, “… to improve nursing students' perceptions of older adults and provide them an opportunity to practice competent care that empowers older adults to stay healthy,” with a stated goal “… to discover if participation in the simulation changed undergraduate nursing students' perception of older adults and prepared them to care for older adults during their community health capstone experience” (Skinner, 2017).
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