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

NCT00485927 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2007-06-13

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

stress

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adrian M Harvey, MD · University of Toronto, University Health Network

  • Avery B Nathans, MD, PhD · University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital

  • Vicki Leblanc, PhD · University of Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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