Open AccessStress and anxiety management strategies in health professions' simulation training: a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Jeanette Ignacio,
Diana Dolmans,
A. J. J. A. Scherpbier,
JanJoost Rethans,
Sally WaiChi Chan,
Sok Ying Liaw
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bmj simulation and technology enhanced learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2056-6697
DOI - 10.1136/bmjstel-2015-000097
Subject(s) - anxiety , cinahl , affect (linguistics) , curriculum , health care , scopus , psychology , medicine , medical education , medline , clinical psychology , nursing , psychological intervention , psychiatry , pedagogy , communication , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Simulation training has been used to teach clinical skills to health profession trainees. Stress and/or anxiety occur in high-acuity scenarios in the clinical environment, and affect clinician performance and patient outcomes. To date, strategies that have been used in conjunction with simulation training for healthcare professionals that address stress management are limited. This paper reports a literature review conducted to explore strategies used with simulations to enhance the ability of health profession trainees in reducing acute stress and/or anxiety during high-acuity clinical events.