Promoting diagnostic and intervention skills in simulations through representational scaffolding: Effects of case typicality & case complexity (A01)

• Subject Area: General and Domain-Specific Teaching and Learning
• Term: since 2025
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 542251251

A01 focuses on the personalised simulation of medical patient cases, which are tailored to reflect varying degrees of typicality as a form of representational scaffolding. This adaptation is based on the learners’ prerequisites and their engagement in diagnostic and intervention activities within the simulated scenarios. In a validation study and three experimental studies the project will investigate which learning prerequisites and process measures are effective adjustment bases for advancing diagnostic and intervention skills when learning with typical or atypical cases that are personalised on a meso-level.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 419: Simulation-based learning in higher education: advancing research on process diagnostics and personalized interventions (SHARP)
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Martin R. Fischer; Professor Dr. Ralf Schmidmaier