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SynthesisThe Ulster medical journal2024

Simulate to stimulate? A systematic review of stress, learning, and performance in healthcare simulation.

Aaron Vage, Andrew D Spence, Gary McKeown, Gerard J Gormley, Paul K Hamilton

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Synthesis in The Ulster medical journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aaron VageCentre for Medical Education, Queen's University Belfast, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7BL.
Andrew D SpenceCentre for Medical Education, Queen's University Belfast, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7BL.
Gary McKeownSchool of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, David Kerr Building, Malone Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5BN.
Gerard J GormleyCentre for Medical Education, Queen's University Belfast, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7BL.
Paul K HamiltonCentre for Medical Education, Queen's University Belfast, Whitla Medical Building, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7BL.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, simulation has come to prominence as an educational method within the healthcare professions, aiming to shield learners from real-world consequences. However, the associated risks of this educational method have largely remained unaddressed. One of the most potent risks of simulation is felt to be the experience of psychological stress. Over the last two decades, researchers have suggested that an increase in simulation-related stress goes hand-in-hand with diminishing performance, but the evidence base for this claim is lacking. A medical educator thus has no robust scientific steering on which to gauge how 'hard to push' a trainee in a simulation environment to best assist their learning. In this review we systematically analyse the literature to further understand the impact of simulation-related stress on learner performance and report that inducing a high-stress environment during simulation is generally associated with impaired performance.

Indexed as

Clinical CompetenceSimulation TrainingStress, PsychologicalEducation, MedicalHumansLearningEducationPsychologicalSimulationStress

Identifiers

PMID39606139
PMCPMC11591218

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