Open AccessAnalysing voice quality and pitch in interactions of emergency care simulation
Author(s) -
Frank Coffey,
Keiko Tsuchiya,
Stephen Timmons,
Bryn Baxendale,
Svenja Adolphs,
Sarah Atkins
Publication year - 2017
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-2017-000212
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , session (web analytics) , health care , health professionals , psychology , medicine , medical emergency , nursing , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , world wide web , economics , economic growth
In emergency care, healthcare professionals (HCPs) interact with both a patient and their colleagues at the same time. How HCPs regulate the two distinct interactions is our central interest. Focusing on HCPs' use of their voice quality and pitch, a multimodal analysis of the interaction in a simulation training session was conducted. Our aims are (1) to compare the use of HCPs' voice quality and pitch in HCP-patient and HCP-HCP interactions, (2) to examine how different voice quality and pitch function in interaction, and (3) to develop the research methodology so as to integrate multimodal features in emergency care interaction for analysis.