Hölzing Carlos, Gordon Benjamin, Meybohm Patrick, Spitznagel Nadia, Hearns Stephen, Happel Oliver
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Klinik für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Palliativ- und Schmerzmedizin, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany.
J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2024 Dec 12;11:23821205241299583. doi: 10.1177/23821205241299583. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
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.
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.
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.
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.
心理练习是一种无需身体动作即可练习技能的认知技术，有望改善急诊医学的临床结果。本研究调查了急诊医生对心理练习的认知情况以及一个基础工作坊对他们对心理练习态度的影响。
这项前后测调查研究涉及20名医学专业人员，他们参加了一个为期两天的工作坊。在干预前后使用结构化问卷进行评估。
初步调查结果显示，65%的参与者知晓心理练习，只有10%的人在临床环境中使用过。工作坊结束后，熟悉程度和感知有用性分别从2.2显著提高到4.1以及从3.9提高到4.7，所有参与者在信心方面有显著改善，并且100%的参与者有在临床中应用这些技术的意愿。
结果表明，简短的教育干预可极大地影响医学专业人员对心理练习的参与度，提倡将其纳入医学培训课程以提高操作技能和患者护理水平。
