Medical student coping and performance in simulated disasters.
Matthew RuslingDaniel MasinMarcus VossPooja GottumukkalaCorey KeenanMarijo BottenDavis ChambersChris ParrillJohn DubeJeritt R TuckerPublished in: Anxiety, stress, and coping (2021)
The present study indicates that the way medical students report managing the stress of disaster scenarios has clear links to their observed clinical performance above and beyond demographic and psychological factors. It further demonstrates the feasibility of empirically identifying specific coping strategies that may be important targets for disaster response training.