Exploring participant experience to optimize the design and delivery of stress exposure simulations in emergency medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Emergency department (ED) teams frequently perform under conditions of high stress. Stress exposure simulation (SES) is specifically designed to train recognition and management of stress responses under these conditions. Current approaches to design and delivery of SES in emergency medicine are based on principles derived from other contexts and from anecdotal experience. However, the optimal design and delivery of SES in emergency medicine are not known. We aimed to explore participant experience to inform our approach.

Methods

We performed an exploratory study in our Australian ED with doctors and nurses participating in SES sessions. We used a three-part framework-sources of stress, the impacts of that stress, and the strategies to mitigate-to inform our SES d

SUBMITTER: Brazil V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10061575 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature