Table 2.

A summary of the qualitative feedback for SimMan 3G

SimMan 3G qualitative feedback
Theme	Subtheme	Positive comments	Negative comments
Clinical practice	Communication and handover skills	‘Able to communicate with nurse and patient’14 ‘Good to practice SBAR handover’11	–
	Drug prescribing	‘Good to prescribe initial drugs and fluids’10	–
	Ability to perform a systematic assessment	‘I could organise my thoughts more easily’8	–
	Access to guidelines and investigations	–	‘No immediate results for bloods/scans and so on therefore can only take the simulation so far’15
	Gaining practical experience of performing examinations and assessments	‘Having a physical patient allowed you to carry out the actions, making them more memorable’9	–
Simulation experience	Realism	‘Good life-like experience of what it’s like in a hospital situation’1	‘Difficult to imagine clinically what the patient looks like to help give an impression of how the patient is’18 ‘Aspects that cannot be created, for example, rash/skin tone’5
	Technical aspects	‘Good camera angles’1	‘Never know if your (sic) not seeing a sign due to it not being present or if the sign just isn’t able to be produced by the model’7
	Prompting	‘No prompts/less (sic) prompts making simulation more realistic’15 ‘Allowed to think for yourself without prompting’13	–
	Immersivity	–	‘Not quite as immersive having people that you know ‘acting’ in scenarios (eg, being the nurse assistant)’2
	Enjoyment	–	–
	Variety	–	–

SBAR, Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.