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: Received: 6 September 2021 / Approved: 8 September 2021 / Online: 8 September 2021 (11:54:09 CEST)
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Jazrawy, R.; Mascarenhas, S.; Zidoun, Y.; Zary, N. Directed Medical Role Play for Children: Review of the Teddy Bear Hospital Implementations, Objectives, and Reported Experiences. Preprints2021, 2021090145. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0145.v1
Jazrawy, R.; Mascarenhas, S.; Zidoun, Y.; Zary, N. Directed Medical Role Play for Children: Review of the Teddy Bear Hospital Implementations, Objectives, and Reported Experiences. Preprints 2021, 2021090145. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0145.v1
Jazrawy, R.; Mascarenhas, S.; Zidoun, Y.; Zary, N. Directed Medical Role Play for Children: Review of the Teddy Bear Hospital Implementations, Objectives, and Reported Experiences. Preprints2021, 2021090145. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0145.v1
APA Style
Jazrawy, R., Mascarenhas, S., Zidoun, Y., & Zary, N. (2021). Directed Medical Role Play for Children: Review of the Teddy Bear Hospital Implementations, Objectives, and Reported Experiences. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0145.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Jazrawy, R., Youness Zidoun and Nabil Zary. 2021 "Directed Medical Role Play for Children: Review of the Teddy Bear Hospital Implementations, Objectives, and Reported Experiences" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0145.v1
Abstract
Background: Role-playing is often used as a pedagogical method for learning communication in medical education. Therefore, medical play using the Teddy Bear Hospital (TBH) is a concept that can quickly familiarize children with health care and help them develop positive experiences in these areas. This review aims to assess the strengths of TBH, as a form of directed medical role play, in improving health outcomes and well-being in children, along with implanting an awareness of preventive health care in young children.Methods: For this scoping review, we examined the list of recommendations, including 11 studies from two databases, PubMed and Google Scholar. We incorporated pre/post quasi-experimental studies, ANOVA, qualitative research studies, systematic reviews, and control group studies that deliberately utilize the teddy bear hospital as an intervention.Results: The results of individual studies were further categorized into three sections. The first being upon the analysis of 11 studies, the Teddy Bear Hospital was mainly conducted in Europe and Asia. It is evident that regardless of the different approaches and strategies used to implement the Teddy Bear Hospital, they all ultimately share the same intent: to raise health care awareness and alleviate young children's anxiety over medical treatment while focusing on the promotion of positive healthy lifestyle. All studies portray the teddy bear hospital as an intervention of medical roleplay which analyzed the children's feelings, behaviors, and health awareness after visiting the Teddy Bear Hospital.Conclusion: The application of the teddy bear hospital has overwhelmingly positive results, with lower levels of anxiety and improved health knowledge. Its reported efficacy calls for future studies on aspects that lead to its efficacy and potential effectiveness.
Keywords
Role-play; medical roleplay; teddy bear hospital; teddy bear clinic
Subject
Social Sciences, Education
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