Open AccessPrior Participation in Simulation Events Is Associated With Insimulation Team Performance Among Emergency Medical Services Professionals
Author(s) -
Jitka Gurňáková,
Peter Gröpel
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
simulation in healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.685
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1559-713X
pISSN - 1559-2332
DOI - 10.1097/sih.0000000000000371
Subject(s) - emergency medical services , health care , psychology , competition (biology) , medicine , medical emergency , medical education , family medicine , nursing , ecology , economics , biology , economic growth
Prior evidence has supported the use of high-fidelity simulation in initial emergency medical services (EMS) education, but there is a dearth of research on whether EMS professionals can also benefit from it. We sought to examine simulation use and years of practice as predictors of insimulation team performance among EMS professionals. The hypothesis is that both the prior participation in simulation events and the accumulated years of practice will predict insimulation performance.