"My skills are going to be exposed" - Anxiety, meaning and professional identity during simulation-based learning in medical students: A mixed method study.

ABSTRACT: Clinical simulation is an established part of the educational offering for healthcare workers, yet for many it can induce feelings of anxiety and uncertainty. The role of these feelings in enhancing or impeding the pedagogical experience is unclear, but it is likely that there are mediating and moderating factors that affect the relationship. We undertook a prospective, observational, mixed methods study of a cohort of medical students undergoing a paediatric critical illness simulation course. Our quantitative aims were to understand whether increased state anxiety correlated negatively with simulation effectiveness. Our qualitative aim was to understand how students experienced their anxiety in relation to their learning experience during the simulation. We found that there was no signif

SUBMITTER: Drake G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12240371 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature