Simulation-based education for nurse and midwife advanced practitioner education: a scoping review protocol

Objective:The objective of this scoping review is to identify and describe the extent and type of the available evidence on simulation-based education for nurse and midwife advanced practitioner education. Introduction:Simulation-based education is widely adopted in undergraduate nurse and midwife education, but the extent of the use, format, and evidence for simulation-based education in nurse and midwife advanced practitioner education is under explored. Inclusion criteria:Studies will be included where the population is registered nurses or midwives enrolled in education programs leading to an award of, or eligibility to register as a nurse or midwife advanced practitioner. Participants will have been exposed to simulation-based education as a teaching methodology. Simulation-based education may take place in practice and/or in an academic setting in any geographical location. Methods:An initial limited search was conducted in Embase and CINAHL to identify articles relevant to the topic. Text words contained within the titles and abstracts of articles, as well as index terms describing the relevant articles, were used in the development of the full search strategy. The keywords and index terms identified in the Embase search strategy will be adapted across other nursing, midwifery, and educational databases, including MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and ERIC. Studies published in any language, spanning any date range will be included. Records retrieved will be reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). Two reviewers will independently assess the records for inclusion against the defined criteria and extract data using an adapted JBI data extraction form. The data will be charted using narrative summary text, tables, and figures.