Evaluating Anesthesiologists Clinical Performance During Multitasking Using Simulation A Non-Interventional Study on Multitasking Impact in Anesthesia Practice

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are investigating how multitasking affects anesthesiologists clinical performance in a simulated environment. This observational study involves anesthesiology residents and attending physicians and aims to understand the impact of performing multiple tasks simultaneously during anesthesia care, which has not been fully studied before. The research uses a simulation setting to provide controlled conditions for assessment. Participants will take part in two separate visits using a crossover design to reduce learning bias. One visit involves multitasking by manually ventilating a manikin while answering oral clinical questions using Script Concordance Tests SCTs. The other visit serves as a control, where participants answer similar clinical questions in a quiet setting without multitasking. The clinical vignettes for testing are randomized and balanced between the two conditions to ensure fair comparison. Throughout the study, participants clinical reasoning, manual ventilation performance, cognitive load, and response times will be assessed. Ventilation is monitored for tidal volume and respiratory rate variance, while cognitive load is measured by the NASA-TLX index. The primary outcome is the concordance score on the SCTs comparing multitasking and quiet conditions. The total participation involves two visits with detailed simulation and assessment procedures to evaluate multitasking effects on anesthesia clinical performance.

Clinical Performance and Multitasking in Anesthesia : a Simulation-based Study