Simulation fails to replicate stress in trainees performing a technical procedure in the clinical environment

Baker, B.G., Bhalla, Ashish, Doleman, Brett, Yarnold, E., Simons, S., Lund, Jonathan N. and Williams, John P. (2016) Simulation fails to replicate stress in trainees performing a technical procedure in the clinical environment. Medical Teacher, 39 (1). pp. 53-57. ISSN 0142-159X

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Abstract

Introduction: Simulation-based training (SBT) has become an increasingly important method by which doctors learn. Stress has an impact upon learning, performance, technical, and non-technical skills. However, there are currently no studies that compare stress in the clinical and simulated environment. We aimed to compare objective (heart rate variability, HRV) and subjective (state trait anxiety inventory, STAI) measures of stress theatre with a simulated environment.

Methods: HRV recordings were obtained from eight anesthetic trainees performing an uncomplicated rapid sequence induction at pre-determined procedural steps using a wireless Polar RS800CX monitor © in an emergency theatre setting. This was repeated in the simulated environment. Participants completed an STAI before and after the procedure.

Results: Eight trainees completed the study. The theatre environment caused an increase in objective stress vs baseline (p = .004). There was no significant difference between average objective stress levels across all time points (p = .20) between environments. However, there was a significant interaction between the variables of objective stress and environment (p = .045). There was no significant difference in subjective stress (p = .27) between environments.

Discussion: Simulation was unable to accurately replicate the stress of the technical procedure. This is the first study that compares the stress during SBT with the theatre environment and has implications for the assessment of simulated environments for use in examinations, rating of technical and non-technical skills, and stress management training.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/817483
Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Medical Teacher on 15 September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0142159X.2016.1230188.
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2016.1230188
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 01 Feb 2017 11:28
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 18:12
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/40226

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