Anxiety and Performance in Prehospital Emergency Care Simulation Assessments

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作者
Stein, Christopher [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Johannesburg, Dept Emergency Med Care, POB 524, ZA-2006 Johannesburg, South Africa
来源
SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE-JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE | 2022年 / 17卷 / 02期
关键词
Simulation; performance; anxiety; TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED SIMULATION; COGNITIVE LOAD; ACUTE STRESS; EDUCATION; MEDICINE; STUDENTS; EMOTION; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1097/SIH.0000000000000612
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Introduction Anxiety experienced by students participating in simulations may impede their learning and performance. The added anxiety brought about by the socioevaluative nature of simulation assessments may accentuate this effect. This study aimed to assess the relationship between anxiety experienced by emergency care students and performance in an authentic prehospital emergency care simulation assessment. Methods The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was completed before and after a simulation assessment by 58 emergency care students across all academic years of study of a 4-year degree program in prehospital emergency care. The state anxiety component of the STAI was plotted together with marks obtained by each student using a standardized assessment tool, and curve estimation was used to determine the nature of the relationship between state anxiety scores and marks. Results Mean preassessment STAI scores were lower than mean postassessment scores (48.74 vs. 57.74), but mean scores from both groups were greater than normal mean scores for college students. The relationship of both preassessment and postassessment STAI scores with assessment marks was best described by a quadratic curve suggesting that performance was better at both the lower and higher ends of the range of STAI scores compared with the middle. Postassessment STAI scores provided a better fit with simulation assessment marks. Conclusions This study did not confirm the expected decrease in performance associated with increasing anxiety but rather suggests that some students may have the ability to respond positively to the highest levels of anxiety during simulation assessments.
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