Managing student workload in clinical simulation: a mindfulness-based intervention
| Autor: | Mandy McDonald, Susan Carlson, Lisa McKendrick-Calder, Christine Shumka, Cheryl Pollard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Mindfulness
030504 nursing media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Stressor Applied psychology 050301 education Health Informatics Workload Education Treatment and control groups 03 medical and health sciences Feeling Modeling and Simulation Intervention (counseling) medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science Psychology 0503 education Original Research media_common Instructional simulation |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Simul Technol Enhanc Learn |
| ISSN: | 2056-6697 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjstel-2019-000499 |
| Popis: | BackgroundSimulation places multiple simultaneous demands on participants. It is well documented in the literature that many participants feel performance stress, anxiety or other emotions while participating in simulation activities. These feelings and other stressors or distractions may impact participant ability to engage in simulation. The use of mindfulness has been proven to enhance performance in other contexts and we wondered if including a mindful moments activity in the traditional prebrief would change the participants perceived workload demands.MethodUsing a fourth-year undergraduate nursing course with an intense simulation requirement we were able to compare a control group to an intervention group who was exposed to this mindful moment activity. All participants completed the same simulations. Postsimulation event, all participants completed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Learning Index which measures mental demands, physical demands, temporal demands, effort, performance and frustration. Our convenience sample consisted of 107 nursing students (86 treatment group, 21 control group) who participated in 411 simulations for this study.ResultsThe control group experienced significantly different perceived workload demands in two domains (temporal and effort).ConclusionIt is possible to manipulate participants’ perceived workload in simulation learning experiences. More research is needed to determine optimal participant demand levels. We continue in our practices to use this technique and are currently expanding it to use in other high stress situations such as before examinations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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