Use of Stress Inoculation Training in Medical Education

Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

Use of Stress Inoculation Training in Medical Education

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04199221
• Other study ID #: HM20014865
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 26, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 29, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 12
• Est. completion date: December 29, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 29, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stress

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Stress Innoculation Training (SIT)
1 hour lecture that will cover the conceptualization phase and skills-training phase portions of stress inoculation training.
• Extra attempt
an extra attempt at intubating a mannequin configured at a difficulty level higher than will be used in the future scenarios

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	Virginia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Virginia Commonwealth University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in anxiety - visual analog	Change in anxiety will be assessed using the Visual Anxiety Scale (VAS/VAS-A), a widely used scale that has been validated in multiple settings to detect changes in anxiety level. A 10cm line will be drawn on the screen and participants will be asked to rate their level of anxiety by clicking somewhere on the line - the leftmost portion coinciding with no anxiety, the rightmost portion coinciding with extreme anxiety. Each millimeter to the right of the initial start of the line counts as 1 point out of 100.	Baseline to up to 3 weeks
Primary	Change in state-trait anxiety	Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory 6 (STAI-6) will be used to measure state-trait anxiety. The STAI-6 is a validated 6-question form of the STAI-Y, a commonly used and validated measure of anxiety.	Baseline to up to 3 weeks