Safe and Sound: An Improvisational Theater-Based Curriculum and Behavioral Intervention to Address Violence in the Emergency Department

被引:5
作者
Sankt, Charles [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai, Dept Emergency Med, 1 Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029 USA
[2] Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai, Dept Med Educ, 1 Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY 10029 USA
关键词
violence; prevention; public health; medical education; improvisation; medical humanities; power dy-namics; simulation; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; CARE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jemermed.2022.11.002
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Background : Emergency department (ED) workplace violence has become increasingly prevalent in the United States, warranting the development of legisla-tion, policy, and advocacy to protect health care workers. Solutions to address ED violence remain limited, and staff -oriented trainings often exist as short, one-time didactic sessions, which are not practical nor often applicable to the ED setting. There is a paucity of evidence-based in-terventions that incorporate behavioral-based training to adequately prepare staff for the complicated, multifactorial presentation of violence in the ED. Objective : This pilot study sought to assess the feasibility of an improvisational theater-based, simulation intervention for health care professionals to address ED violence.Methods : A longitudinal curriculum for ED violence was developed in collaboration with a committee of emergency medicine (EM) faculty, EM simulation experts, hospital se-curity and police personnel, professional theater and im-provisational performers, resident physicians, and medical students. This pilot intervention was tailored to new EM res-idents (n = 25) at a large, urban, academic medical center. Sessions were led by facilitators trained in group facilitation, simulation, and improvisation.Results : Participants felt the curriculum was helpful (82.6%), engaging (91.3%), applicable (73.9%), and enjoy-able (82.6%). Participation primarily by residents identi-fying as female and people of color suggested the efficacy of creative expression and nontraditional modalities in en-gaging diverse learners. Ninety-five percent of participants expressed interest in future sessions. Conclusions : A multidisciplinary workplace violence in-tervention leveraging principles of improvisational theater, health equity, organizational psychology, and EM simulation may prove useful in preparing health care professionals for violence in the ED. (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页数:10
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