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, Started on 2024 -
Completed on 2025
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This phenomenological study explores maritime cadets’ first experience operating a digital navigation
bridge during shipboard training. Interviews and reflection journals reveal that, despite prior simulator
practice, many struggle to apply their knowledge due to limited exposure to advanced digital equipment.
Cadets must quickly adapt to complex systems, high performance demands, and the vessel’s fast tempo,
relying on senior mentorship, observation, and hands‐on practice to cope. Findings underscore the need
for more immersive simulations and updated instructional tools to better prepare cadets for modern
maritime operations, and call for future research on how sustained digital exposure shapes their
professional readiness.