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Table 1 General Characteristics of the selected studies (n = 142)

From: Development of pediatric simulation-based education – a systematic review

Characters

Categories

Subcategories

n

Percent

Year of publish

Before 2000

(n = 2)

1996

1

0.7

2000

1

0.7

From 2001 to 2010

(n = 15)

2003

1

0.7

2007

2

1.4

2008

2

1.4

2009

2

1.4

2010

8

5.6

From 2011 to 2020

(n = 109)

2011

6

4.2

2012

14

9.9

2013

8

5.6

2014

14

9.9

2015

7

4.9

2016

10

7.0

2017

8

5.6

2018

20

14.1

2019

15

10.6

2020

7

4.9

From 2021 to 2022

(n = 16)

2021

10

7.0

2022

6

4.2

Nation of sample

North America

(n = 79)

USA

62

43.7

Canada

17

12.0

USA/Botswana

1

0.7

South America

(n = 6)

Brazil

4

2.8

Colombia

1

0.7

Peru

1

0.7

Europe

(n = 24)

UK

10

7.0

Germany

2

1.4

Switzerland

2

1.4

Switzerland/ Germany

2

1.4

Sweden

1

0.7

Denmark

1

0.7

Finland

1

0.7

Ireland

1

0.7

Italy

1

0.7

Netherland

1

0.7

Portuguese

1

0.7

Slovakia

1

0.7

Asia

(n = 4)

South Korea

1

0.7

China, Congo, Croatia, India, Turkey

1

0.7

Japan

1

0.7

Malaysia

1

0.7

Oceania

Australia

5

3.5

Africa

Kenna

1

0.7

 

Not described

22

15.5

Study design

Experimental/Cohort study

(n = 76)

RCT/experimental study

33

23.2

Quasi experimental study (including one group)

18

12.7

Observational/Case/Cohort study

25

17.6

Developmental study(n = 58)

Measurement developmental study

27

19.0

Scenario developmental study

16

11.3

Program (Simulation) developmental study

15

10.6

Others(n = 8)

Mixed methods

1

0.7

Non categories

7

4.9

Typology of simulation

Standardized patient/participant(n = 10)

SP

9

6.3

SP + peer to peer (role play)

1

0.7

Computer-based training(n = 30)

Computer based simulation

2

0.7

Computer based simulation (App)

1

0.7

Computer based simulation (Haptic-enabled hand)

1

0.7

Web based simulation

5

3.5

Web based simulation + High-fidelity simulation

2

1.4

Web based simulation + Video based simulation

1

0.7

Video based simulation

17

20.2

Audio simulation

1

0.7

Advanced patient simulator(n = 92)

High-fidelity simulation

75

52.5

High-fidelity simulation + SP

4

2.8

High-fidelity/Mid-fidelity/Low-fidelity simulation/SP

1

0.7

High-fidelity simulation + OSCE

1

0.7

High-fidelity simulation + Video based simulation

1

0.7

High-fidelity simulation + VR simulation + SP

1

0.7

Low-fidelity simulation

3

2.1

Low-fidelity simulation + OSCE

1

0.7

Manikin based simulation

4

2.8

Manikin based simulation + OSCEs

1

0.7

Virtual reality

VR simulation

4

2.8

OSCE

OSCEs

2

1.4

Peer to Peer

peer to peer (role play)

3

2.1

  1. Footnotes: App, application; OSCE, objective structured clinical examination; RCT, randomized controlled trial; SP, standardized patient; VR, virtual reality