Taking simulation out of its "safe container"-exploring the bidirectional impacts of psychological safety and simulation in an emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simulation facilitators strive to ensure the psychological safety of participants during simulation events; however, we have limited understanding of how antecedent levels of psychological safety impact the simulation experience or how the simulation experience impacts real-world psychological safety.

Methods

We explored the experience of participants in an embedded, interprofessional simulation program at a large tertiary emergency department (ED) in Australia. We engaged in theoretical thematic analysis of sequential narrative surveys and semi-structured interviews using a previously derived framework of enablers of psychological safety in healthcare. We sought to understand (1) how real-world psychological safety impacts the simulation experience and (2) how th

SUBMITTER: Purdy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818167 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature