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For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4. To compare the effectiveness of using role-play simulation as a possible alternative to real-patient training to teach transferal skills to occupational therapy students.
Seventy-one occupational therapy students including those in their second, third and fourth years participated in a quasi-experimental study. The students were randomly divided into two groups. One group received role-play simulation at the university. Student performance was taken as a measure of teaching method effectiveness, and was evaluated by using a validated OSCE-type assessment tool developed at the end of training.
A total number of 71 students participated in the study. The majority of the students were female About There were 36 This finding can help in designing and implementing training through simulation, especially in situations where training on severely ill patients may be a safety risk.
Keywords: occupational therapy students, patient transferring skill, simulation, real patient. Patient transferring skill PTS is one of the core skills within occupational therapy and can be defined as moving patients from one surface to another surface such as moving from the bed to a wheelchair, wheelchair to chair, and chair to the toilet.
