Performance and Stress During Full Scale Simulator Training

Excellence in Performance and Stress Reduction During Two Different Full Scale Simulator Training Courses: A Pilot Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00704470

Enrollment

Registered

2008-06-25

Start date

2005-04-30

Completion date

2005-10-31

Last updated

2008-06-27

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Conditions

Behaviour of Physicians in Simulated Emergencies, Performance in Simulated Emergencies, Stress During Simulator Scenario

Keywords

Patient Simulation, Education, Medical, Continuing, Education, Medical, Graduate, Stress

Brief summary

In Intensive Care Medicine, critical incidents are not rare and may result in fatal outcome. High fidelity patient simulators are commonly used in training curricula for healthcare professionals especially in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and intensive care medicine. Several different course concepts have previously been published. As we know from recently published data, up to 80% of all critical incidents in the field of medicine are caused by human error. The authors of the present study aimed to investigate the effects of two different course concepts (one addressing technical skills in intensive care medicine and on addressing non-technical skills) on stress and performance. Stress and performance are measured in a pre-intervention and a post-intervention testing scenario.

Interventions

OTHERMedical simulator training

Contains seminars on airway management, general anesthesia, peri-arrest arrhythmias, and advanced life support. Furthermore, participants train in simulator scenarios. In the debriefing instructors discuss management of the critical incidents using videotapes of the scenarios.

OTHERSimulator based crew resource management course

Contains seminars on human error and non-technical skills. Furthermore, participants train in simulator scenarios. In the debriefing instructors discuss usage of non-technical skills as well as behaviour of the participants using videotapes of the scenarios.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Physician with experience in intensive care medicine.

Exclusion criteria

* No experience in intensive care medicine * previously taken part in simulator training

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Performance in simulated emergencies (medical performance and non-technical skills)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Stress in simulated emergencies (measured by salivary amylase and cortisol levels)	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026