Cognitive load during training for out-of-department emergency responses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency medicine (EM) physicians sometimes respond to critical events outside the emergency department. To prepare for these complex cases-typically called "rapid responses" (RRs)-EM residents receive simulation-based training involving four practice tasks and three exam tasks during a 1-day session. Cognitive load (CL) theory describes how humans function with limited working memories to perform complex tasks. RRs are expected to generate high levels of CL, but the profile of CL across providers and RR cases is not well understood. In this study, we analyzed resident's CL during RR training. We hypothesized variations in CL across individual and case and that exam cases would cause higher CLs than practice cases.

Methods

Residents anonymously self-reported CL l

SUBMITTER: Dworkis DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9125507 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature