Stress levels of Flemish emergency medicine residents and the implications for clinical practice and education

Kerkhoven, Joke Van; Derwael, Daan; Hannosset, Diede; Wauters, Lina; Dewolf, Philippe

doi:10.1080/17843286.2021.1946936

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“…[10] Primary interventions are necessary to prevent a deterioration in physical and mental health throughout professionals' medical career, rather than secondary approaches to treat the already manifested consequences such as burnout and addiction. [11][12][13] To understand, learn, and train on how to perform under pressure can enable appropriate preparation for sophisticated stressful situations and improve overall employee performance. Importantly, lack of appropriate coping skills for stressful situations aggravates the already impaired physical and mental state and contributes to exhaustion and burnout.…”

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Is it time to rethink education and training? Learning how to perform under pressure: An observational study

Hinzmann

Haneveld

Heininger³

et al. 2022

Medicine

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Emergency medicine workers are exposed daily to various stressors, especially work-related stress, which have been aggravated by the current SARS-CoV 2 pandemic and impact their physical and mental wellbeing. Nonetheless, although the efficacy of programs and strategies to improving the health of medical staff and patient care has been demonstrated, such programs and strategies are scarce. To assess the prevalence, types and consequences of stress in emergency medical workers in healthcare institutions and explore tools to cope with stressful situations at workplace. Two surveys were conducted. Survey 1 assessed the subjective stress levels and stressors of 21 emergency medicine professionals. Survey 2 was conducted amongst 103 healthcare workers at 3 hospitals in Germany. It comprised selected aspects of the German Mental Risk Assessment and a validated workload scale. None. The answer frequencies on Likert scales were descriptively evaluated. Survey 1: Emergency medical professionals experienced and reported the following high stress levels in acute situations: multitasking during a complex situation; factors associated with the work environment; fear of not appropriately controlling the situation; and lack of sleep. Survey 2: The highest stress levels were experienced in the areas “work environment” and “work organization.” The highest scores on the workload scale were obtained for statements on work division, exhaustion, insufficient patient care due to time constraints, regulations, and lack of information. Approximately 80% of healthcare workers had experienced emotionally stressful situations at the workplace, and > 30% had lost a colleague to suicide. There are effective and proven methods to learn how to deal with stress that can easily be established in everyday clinical practice. Healthcare workers are subjected to numerous stressors in their work environment and observe the consequences of these stressors on their own and their colleagues’ wellbeing. Coping strategies for high-pressure reduces and resists the job- immanent pressure and stress in healthcare workers.

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Is it time to rethink education and training? Learning how to perform under pressure: An observational study

Hinzmann

Haneveld

Heininger³

et al. 2022

Medicine

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Enhancing Familiarity and Utility: A Pre–Post Survey Study on Mental Practice Workshop Outcomes

Hölzing,

Gordon,

Meybohm

et al. 2024

Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

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OBJECTIVES Mental practice, a cognitive technique for practicing skills without physical movement, holds promise for enhancing clinical outcomes in emergency medicine. This study investigates its recognition and the impact of a basic workshop on emergency physicians’ attitudes toward mental practice. METHODS This pre–post survey study involved 20 medical professionals who participated in a 2-day workshop. Assessments were conducted before and after the intervention using a structured questionnaire. RESULTS Initial findings revealed that 65% of participants were aware of mental practice, and only 10% utilized it in clinical settings. Postworkshop, familiarity, and perceived helpfulness significantly increased from 2.2 to 4.1 and 3.9 to 4.7, respectively, with marked improvements in confidence and the intention to apply these techniques clinically by 100% of the participants. CONCLUSION The results suggest that brief educational interventions can substantially influence medical professionals’ engagement with mental practice, advocating its inclusion in medical training curricula to enhance procedural skills and patient care.

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The stress and happiness levels of gastroenterologists in Turkiye and factors influencing them

Cankurtaran,

Turan Gökçe

2024

J Health Sci Med / JHSM

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Aims: This study aimed to investigate the stress and happiness levels of gastroenterologists in Turkiye and the factors affecting them. Methods: The authors designed a 25-question questionnaire to investigate gastroenterologists’ stress and happiness levels and the reasons that may affect them. Documents containing the questions were sent to 405 gastroenterologists working in Turkiye between October and December 2023 by phone or email via Google Forms. Results: A total of 126 participants, 65.1% of whom were male and 52.4% of whom were under 40 years of age, took part in our study. A median score of 4 on a 5-point Likert scale was obtained when participants were asked about their general level of stress. When the general happiness status was analysed, it was concluded that this median value was below the stress values with 3. The general happiness had the strongest positive correlation with workload satisfaction and career planning happiness (r=0.56, p

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Stress levels of Flemish emergency medicine residents and the implications for clinical practice and education

Cited by 4 publications

References 36 publications

Is it time to rethink education and training? Learning how to perform under pressure: An observational study

Is it time to rethink education and training? Learning how to perform under pressure: An observational study

Enhancing Familiarity and Utility: A Pre–Post Survey Study on Mental Practice Workshop Outcomes

The stress and happiness levels of gastroenterologists in Turkiye and factors influencing them

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