Emotions in simulation-based education: friends or foes of learning?

doi:10.1186/s41077-021-00198-6

Review

. 2022 Jan 20;7(1):3.

doi: 10.1186/s41077-021-00198-6.

Emotions in simulation-based education: friends or foes of learning?

Vicki R LeBlanc¹, Glenn D Posner^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, 850 Peter Morand Crescent, Room 102C, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5Z3, Canada. vleblan3@uottawa.ca.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada.
³ University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4M9, Canada.

PMID: 35057864
PMCID: PMC8772122
DOI: 10.1186/s41077-021-00198-6

Review

Emotions in simulation-based education: friends or foes of learning?

Vicki R LeBlanc et al. Adv Simul (Lond). 2022.

. 2022 Jan 20;7(1):3.

doi: 10.1186/s41077-021-00198-6.

Authors

Vicki R LeBlanc¹, Glenn D Posner^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa, 850 Peter Morand Crescent, Room 102C, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 5Z3, Canada. vleblan3@uottawa.ca.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada.
³ University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital, 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4M9, Canada.

PMID: 35057864
PMCID: PMC8772122
DOI: 10.1186/s41077-021-00198-6

Abstract

In simulation-based education, there is growing interest in the effects of emotions on learning from simulation sessions. The perception that emotions have an important impact on performance and learning is supported by the literature. Emotions are pervasive: at any given moment, individuals are in one emotional state or another. Emotions are also powerful: they guide ongoing cognitive processes in order to direct attention, memory and judgment towards addressing the stimulus that triggers the emotion. This occurs in a predictable way. The purpose of this paper is to present a narrative overview of the research on emotions, cognitive processes and learning, in order to inform the simulation community of the potential role of emotions during simulation-based education.

Keywords: Attention; Decision-making; Emotion regulation; Emotions; Learning; Memory; Motivation; Simulation.

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The authors have no financial or non-financial competing interests to declare.

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[1] MacDougall L, Martin R, McCallum I, Grogan E. Simulation and stress: acceptable to students and not confidence-busting. Clin Teach. 2013;10(1):38–41. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2012.00624.x. - DOI - PubMed

[2] MacDougall L, Martin R, McCallum I, Grogan E. Simulation and stress: acceptable to students and not confidence-busting. Clin Teach. 2013;10(1):38–41. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-498X.2012.00624.x. - DOI - PubMed

[3] Bath J, Lawrence P. Twelve tips for developing and implementing an effective surgical simulation programme. Med Teach. 2012;34(3):192–197. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.588974. - DOI - PubMed

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[5] DeMaria S, Levine A. In: The use of stress to enrich the simulated environment, The comprehensive textbook of healthcare simulation. 1. Levine AI, DeMaria S, Schwartz AD, Sim AJ, editors. New York: Springer; 2013. pp. 65–72.

[6] DeMaria S, Levine A. In: The use of stress to enrich the simulated environment, The comprehensive textbook of healthcare simulation. 1. Levine AI, DeMaria S, Schwartz AD, Sim AJ, editors. New York: Springer; 2013. pp. 65–72.

[7] Ganley B, Linnard-Palmer L. Academic safety during nursing simulation: perceptions of nursing students and faculty. Clin Simul Nurs. 2012;8(2):49–57. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2010.06.004. - DOI

[8] Ganley B, Linnard-Palmer L. Academic safety during nursing simulation: perceptions of nursing students and faculty. Clin Simul Nurs. 2012;8(2):49–57. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2010.06.004. - DOI

[9] Tremblay M, Lafleur A, Leppink J, Dolmans D. The simulated clinical environment: cognitive and emotional impact among undergraduates. Med Teach. 2017;39(2):181–187. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2016.1246710. - DOI - PubMed

[10] Tremblay M, Lafleur A, Leppink J, Dolmans D. The simulated clinical environment: cognitive and emotional impact among undergraduates. Med Teach. 2017;39(2):181–187. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2016.1246710. - DOI - PubMed

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