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Developing a simulation to study conflict in intensive care units. | LitMetric

Developing a simulation to study conflict in intensive care units.

Ann Am Thorac Soc

1 Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine.

Published: April 2015

AI Article Synopsis

  • - The study focused on creating a medical simulation to evaluate communication skills regarding conflict management among ICU clinicians, using best practice guidelines for design.
  • - Involving 36 healthcare professionals, the simulation depicted a scenario where a patient's advance directive conflicted with the wishes of a surrogate, prompting participants to navigate this ethical dilemma.
  • - Results indicated successful completion of the simulation with participants reporting high levels of realism and acceptability, alongside suggestions for future improvements to enhance the experience.

Article Abstract

Rationale: Although medical simulation is increasingly being used in healthcare education, there are few examples of how to rigorously design a simulation to evaluate and study important communication skills of intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians.

Objectives: To use existing best practice recommendations to develop a medical simulation to study conflict management in ICUs, then assess the feasibility, acceptability, and realism of the simulation among ICU clinicians.

Methods: The setting was a medical ICU of a tertiary care, university hospital. Participants were 36 physicians who treat critically ill patients: intensivists, palliative medicine specialists, and trainees. Using best-practice guidelines and an iterative, multidisciplinary approach, we developed and refined a simulation involving a critically ill patient, in which the patient had a clear advance directive specifying no use of life support, and a surrogate who was unwilling to follow the patient's preferences. ICU clinicians participated in the simulation and completed surveys and semistructured interviews to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and realism of the simulation.

Measurements And Main Results: All participants successfully completed the simulation, and all perceived conflict with the surrogate (mean conflict score, 4.2 on a 0-10 scale [SD, 2.5; range, 1-10]). Participants reported high realism of the simulation across a range of criteria, with mean ratings of greater than 8 on a 0 to 10 scale for all domains assessed. During semistructured interviews, participants confirmed a high degree of realism and offered several suggestions for improvements.

Conclusions: We used existing best practice recommendations to develop a simulation model to study physician-family conflict in ICUs that is feasible, acceptable, and realistic.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418329PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201411-495OCDOI Listing

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