Table 2.
The three different types of simulations for actors
Type of simulation | Description of simulation | How and when simulation was used |
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Biopsychosocial assessment | Pre-recorded session interviewed by one of the instructors filmed at the beginning of the semester for 20 min | A different interview was shown to each tutorial class for the student’s in-class biopsychosocial test |
Clinical Practice Laboratory (CPL) | Scenarios for interview by “one” social worker who is comprised of the instructor and the 16 students in the Zoom session for two hours each |
Each CPL had a different scenario There were three scenarios for each actor to learn |
Modified OSCEs | Four 10-min interviews conducted by student social worker in each small Zoom class for four weeks |
Each student had a separate scenario Actors needed to learn at least 16 scenarios |