Simulation-based Stress Inoculation Training Study for UK Medical Professionals

"The SIT programme/intervention will involve~1. 30 minute educational phase of preparatory information to allow participants to conceptualise the types of stressors they are likely to face and the role of stress on performance~2. 30 minutes of skills acquisition which will involve discussion of and teaching participants techniques to reduce stress in simulated resuscitation events~3. Inoculation through the application of acquired skills in 1-2 resuscitation scenarios"

"1. 30 minutes of teaching on management of a drowning patient (in order that both control and intervention perceive they have had teaching of the same length as the other group)~2. 1-2 resuscitation simulation events (same scenario and tasks as in the intervention group)"