Experiences of medical students and nursing trainees from unexpected death through simulation training.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dying in simulation training is controversially discussed. On the one hand, the danger of an emotional overload of the learners is pointed out. On the other hand, dying in simulation settings is addressed as an opportunity to prepare future health professionals to deal with patient death. The present study investigates how medical students and nursing trainees experience the sudden death of a simulated patient and how and under which conditions it can be valuable to simulate the patient's death.

Methods

At the TUM School of Medicine in Munich, Germany, we developed an interprofessional, simulation-based course in which participants were unexpectedly confronted with a cardiac arrest scenario within which resuscitation had to be discontinued due to an advanced direc

SUBMITTER: Hinzmann D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503193 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature