Examining self-reported and biological stress and near misses among Emergency Medicine residents: a single-centre cross-sectional assessment in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the relationship between perceived and biological stress and near misses among Emergency Medicine residents.

Design

Self-rated stress and stress biomarkers were assessed in residents in Emergency Medicine before and after a day shift. The supervising physicians and residents reported numbers of near misses.

Setting

The study took place in the Emergency Department of a large trauma 1 centre, located in Detroit, USA.

Participants

Residents in Emergency Medicine volunteered to participate. The sample consisted of 32 residents, with complete data on 28 subjects. Residents' supervising physicians assessed the clinical performance of each resident.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Participants' preshift and postshift stress, biologi

SUBMITTER: Arnetz BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5629729 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature