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ArticleIntegrative medicine research2020

Investigating effects of healthcare simulation on personal strengths and organizational impacts for healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

Victor Kai-Lam Cheung, Eric Hang-Kwong So, George Wing-Yiu Ng, Sze-Sze So, Jeff Leung-Kit Hung, Nam-Hung Chia

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Article in Integrative medicine research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Victor Kai-Lam CheungMulti-Disciplinary Simulation & Skills Centre (MDSSC), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Eric Hang-Kwong SoMulti-Disciplinary Simulation & Skills Centre (MDSSC), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
George Wing-Yiu NgMulti-Disciplinary Simulation & Skills Centre (MDSSC), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Sze-Sze SoMulti-Disciplinary Simulation & Skills Centre (MDSSC), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Jeff Leung-Kit HungMulti-Disciplinary Simulation & Skills Centre (MDSSC), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Nam-Hung ChiaMulti-Disciplinary Simulation & Skills Centre (MDSSC), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital · CNUniversity of Leicester · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis cross-sectional study aimed at evaluating impacts of healthcare simulation training, either in-situ or lab-based, on personal strengths of healthcare workers (HCWs) and organizational outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsCOVID-19 Taskforce was established to formulate standardized scenario-based simulation training materials in late-January 2020. Post-training questionnaires made up of 5-point Likert scales were distributed to all participants to evaluate their personal strengths, in terms of i) assertiveness, ii) mental preparedness, iii) self-efficacy, iv) internal locus of control, and v) internal locus of responsibility. Independent sample t-tests were used to analyze between-group difference in "In-situ" and "Lab-based" group; and one-sample t-tests were used to compare change in personal strengths with reference point of 3 (Neutral). Kirkpatrick's Model served as the analytical framework for overall training effects.

resultsBetween 05 February and 18 March 2020, 101 sessions of simulation training were conducted in "In-Situ" at either Accident & Emergency Department (20, 20%) or Intensive Care Unit (15, 14%) and "Lab-based" for Isolation (30, 30%) and General Wards (36, 36%). 1,415 hospital staff members, including 1,167 nurses (82%), 163 doctors (12%) and 85 patient care assistants (6%), were trained. All domains of personal strengths were scored 4.24 or above and statistically significantly increased when comparing with reference population (

conclusionHealthcare simulation training enhanced healthcare workers' personal strengths critical to operational and clinical outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19Healthcare WorkerIn-SituPersonal StrengthsSimulation Training

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PMID32802743
PMCPMC7365062
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