Use of Stress Inoculation Training in Medical Education

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Stress Innoculation Training (SIT); Behavioral: Extra attempt

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04199221

HM20014865

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of SIT in teaching medical students to perform in high-fidelity simulation settings similar to those they may experience in their practice.

Full description

This is a study examining stress inoculation training and its potential role in medical education. The medical field exposes students and providers to various stressful situations each and every day. Various organizations including military organizations have introduced concepts of stress inoculation training (SIT) to help learners manage these situations to produce optimal performance.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1st and 2nd year medical students who are at least 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Prior airway management experience (including but not limited to former medics, respiratory technicians, CRNAs)
• Pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 4 patient groups

Lecture

No Intervention group

Description:

an initial brief lecture with no further training

Stress management

Experimental group

Description:

an initial brief lecture with stress management lecture

Treatment:

Behavioral: Stress Innoculation Training (SIT)

Hands-on training

Active Comparator group

Description:

an initial brief lecture with addition hands-on training for the task

Treatment:

Behavioral: Extra attempt

Stress management and hands-on training

Experimental group

Description:

an initial brief lecture with both stress management lecture and additional hands-on training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Extra attempt

Behavioral: Stress Innoculation Training (SIT)