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simulation based medical education sbme fast becoming embedded undergraduate medical curricula many publications describing various modes student selfreported impacts systematic review synthesizes available literature evidence performance effects sbme adjunct within traditional teaching programmes narrative systematic review conducted according prisma guidelines using ovid medline embase pubmed databases studies published english reporting general medical surgical undergraduate sbme 2010 2020 two reviewers independently assessed potential studies inclusion methods topics simulation assessments evaluated descriptive statistics used describe pooled student cohorts 3074 articles initially identified using search criteria 92 fulltext articles screened eligibility nineteen articles including nine randomised trials concerning 2459 students median 79study selected review cardiac scenarios commonest n6 three studies including surgical topics nine studies used mannequin simulators median timesession 175minutes versus standardised patients seven median timesession82 minutes educational impact measured written n10 checklist n5 osces n3 assessment either alone combination n1 oscewritten assessment articles reported positive effect sbme knowledge including improved retention three sbme adjunct existing curricula improves knowledgebased performance medical students least shortterm future studies broaden topics assess longer term impacts costeffectiveness also considering whether areas traditional undergraduate learning replace