Noting that “[w]hen facilitators and SPs are not aligned the quality of simulations may become uneven, which in turn can reduce the learning potential for learners,” Iuul et al created a pre-roling framework to guide SPs and facilitators through five “analytically distinct aspects of simulation performance — meaning (educational purpose), narrative (intended course of events), style (tone, tempo), character (the portrayed person), and health professions education (clinical picture, learning environment, task distribution, and care for the SP).” As they explain their intention: “we propose to look at scenario-based simulations as a matter of meaning, narrative, style, and character to enable a more explicit dialogue between facilitator and SP about expectations to the scenario.”

 

In the article, they explain what led to the framework’s creation, describe the tool, and discuss how they found that it “can reduce dissonance between SPs and facilitators, enhance the coherence of dramaturgical and educational intentions, improve learners’ experiential learning opportunities, and help prevent distress among SPs.” Supplementary materials include both the two-sided card they provided their SPs and facilitators, for use as a checklist, and a pre-roling sheet for documenting the five aspects for a given simulation for later reference.

 

Read the full article in the [Advances in Simulation]

[https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13021565/].

 

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