Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
From: Simulation-based learning in palliative care in postgraduate nursing education: a scoping review
Criteria | Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|---|
Participants | —Nursing students in postgraduate education, regardless of type of education and course or duration and extent of course/education —Nurses participating in simulation-based learning (SBL) in clinical practice when SLB was based on comprehensive activity where either curricula, models, textbooks or other tools for learning were developed | Preregistration nursing students or undergraduate nursing students |
Phenomenon of interest | Postgraduate nursing students’ experiences of palliative care SBL in education, including manikin-based, standardized/simulated patients, computer-based programmes, virtual reality or role playing | —SBL in clinical practice not related to education —Postgraduate nursing students’ experiences in palliative care skill training |
Outcomes | Nursing students reported subjective and objective outcomes | Proxy-reported outcomes (e.g. by teachers or facilitators) |
Type of studies | Qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies on the phenomenon, published in peer-reviewed journals | Doctoral theses, master’s theses, letters, editorials, comments, conference abstracts, books, reports or any type of review |