The Effects of Stress on the Clinical Performance of Residents in Simulated Trauma Scenarios

• Sponsor: University of Toronto (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT00485927
• Collaborator: The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation (Other)
• Enrollment: 20
• Location: 1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Medical practice & training are inherently stressful situations. However, the effects of stress on educational & clinical performance are not well defined. The purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of stress on performance of residents in simulated trauma scenarios. The hypothesis is: 1) acutely stressful scenarios will be appraised as threat by residents and result in elevations of heart rate and salivary cortisol; 2) increased subjective & physiological stress will result in impairments in performance; and 3) greater stress responses will result in greater clinical impairments.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Trauma; Stress	Behavioral: stress	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 20 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Double
• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Official Title: The Effects of Stress on the Clinical Performance of Residents in Simulated Trauma Scenarios
• Study Start Date: Apr 1, 2007

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. performance - global ratings []

2. performance - ANTS []

3. performance - checklists []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 21 Years to 50 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• University of Toronto General Surgery & Emergency medicine residents

Exclusion Criteria:

• No ATLS training

• Residents from other programs

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	St Michaels' Hospital	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	M5B 1W8

Sponsors and Collaborators

• University of Toronto
• The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Adrian M Harvey, MD, University of Toronto, University Health Network
• Study Chair: Avery B Nathans, MD, PhD, University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital
• Study Director: Vicki Leblanc, PhD, University of Toronto

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00485927
• Other Study ID Numbers: 07-10
• First Posted: Jun 13, 2007
• Last Update Posted: Jun 13, 2007
• Last Verified: Jun 1, 2007

• Keywords provided by , ,: Trauma; Stress; Simulation
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Wounds and Injuries

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 13, 2007