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. 2017 Apr 19;9(4):e1180. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1180

Table 3. Characteristics of identified resources.

Abbreviations: RCDP – Rapid cycle deliberate practice  STAT – Simulation team assessment tool MCAF – Megacode checklist assessment form NRPE – Neonatal resuscitation performance evaluation DASH – Debriefing assessment for simulation in healthcare 

Study Characteristic # of studies Study IDs
Study Design Randomized control trial 3 [30-32]
Pretest-posttest 5 [25, 33-36]
Mixed 1 [37]
Pilot 1 (Lemke, et al., 2014)
Not yet defined 1 (Gross, et al., 2016)
Instructor guide 4 [38-41]
Participants Pediatric residents 5 [2530-31, 36] (Gross, et al., 2016)
Pediatric emergency fellows 1 [34]
Nurses 1 [35]
Inter-professional teams 4 [32-33, 37] (Lemke, et al., 2014)
Intervention RCDP 10 [25, 30-33, 35-37] (Lemke, et al. 2014) (Gross, et al., 2016)
RCDP and traditional simulation 1 [34]
Comparison Traditional simulation 7 [30-32, 36-37] (Lemke, et al. 2014) (Gross et al., 2016)
Standard of Practice 1 [25]
RCDP without "rewind" 1 (Gross, et al., 2016)
None 3 [33-35]
Outcomes Qualitative evaluations 4 [31, 33-35]
STAT tool score 2 [30] (Lemke, et al., 2014)
MCAF tool score 1 [31]
NRPE tool score 1 [32]
DASH tool 1 [34]
Procedural skills checklists 2 [34] (Gross, et al., 2016)
Procedure assessment (video) 1 (Gross, et al., 2016)
Time to critical intervention 3 [25, 30, 32]
Clinical reports 1 [35]