The learning process in pediatric clinical simulation and the role of educational technologies:

a systematic review

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https://doi.org/10.59681/2175-4411.v18.2026.1512

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Health Education, Pediatrics, Simulation Training

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Objective: To investigate, in the scientific literature, how research addresses the learning process resulting from pediatric clinical simulation and its relationship with the use of educational technologies in higher health education. Method: The methodology is based on a mixed study (quantitative and qualitative), following the Cochrane systematic review model and Bardin’s content analysis. Results: A total of 55 articles were selected in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, addressing both technical and non-technical skills. Regarding the teaching model, in-person education predominated (89.09%). The most commonly used types of simulation were clinical simulation with simulators (69.09%)—including low to high fidelity mannequins—role-playing (43.64%), and virtual simulation (21.82%). The latter, along with telesimulation, became more prominent in the literature from 2020 onwards. Thematic analysis was segmented into the following categories: emotional repercussions; theoretical foundations for learning; and the use of information and communication technologies in clinical simulation. Conclusions: Pediatric clinical simulation, based on learning theories and mediated by technologies, integrates theory and practice, engaging students in the activity.

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Author Biographies

Juan Felipe Soares Oliveira, UFRJ

Pediatric Nurse graduated from the School of Health Sciences (2019) and specialized through the residency program in Child and Adolescent Health at the Institute of Childcare and Pediatrics Martagão Gesteira of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPPMG-UFRJ) in 2022. Holds a Master's degree in Science and Health Education from the Center for Educational Technology in Health (NUTES-UFRJ) obtained in 2024. Experience in the fields of Pediatrics and Continuing Education. Research areas: Child Health, Health Education, and Digital Information and Communication Technologies.

Miriam Struchiner, UFRJ

Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, coordinator of the Laboratory of Cognitive Technologies (LTC/NUTES) since 1995, and leader of the research group "Research and Development of Constructivist Learning Environments for Face-to-Face and Distance Education Using Information and Communication Technologies." Her work focuses on Educational Technology, particularly on the research and development of learning environments mediated by Digital Information and Communication Technologies (DICTs), and on the use of social networks in science and health education. Her main topics of interest include distance education, internet and education, collaborative learning, social constructivism, human resources training in health, and science and health education in basic schools. She holds a degree in Industrial Design from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1977), a Master’s degree in Education from Boston University (1986), and a Ph.D. in Education from Boston University (1992). She is a founding member of the National Network for Science Education (CpE). She was a CONICYT (National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research/Chile) fellow, working in research and graduate teaching in the Science Education program at PUC-Valparaíso (2015–2016). She is a member of the RRIdata network – Responsible Research and Innovation – Open University, UK; an associate collaborator of the international projects CONNECT Inclusive Open Schooling and OLAF – Online Learning and Fun – European Commission (2020–2023); and a member of the Advisory Board of the CONNECT-HORIZON-2020-2023 Project. She served as Coordinator of the NUTES/UFRJ Graduate Program from 1998 to 2002 and as Director of NUTES/UFRJ (currently the NUTES Institute of Science and Health Education) during the periods 2002–2010 and 2013–2015.

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2026-03-21

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Soares Oliveira, J. F., & Struchiner, M. (2026). The learning process in pediatric clinical simulation and the role of educational technologies: : a systematic review. Journal of Health Informatics, 18(1), 1512. https://doi.org/10.59681/2175-4411.v18.2026.1512

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