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"Experience Isn't Everything": How Emotion Affects the Relationship Between Experience and Cue Utilization
Monique Frances Crane, Sue Brouwers, Mark William Wiggins1
1Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia.
Human Factors
|April 5, 2018
Summary
Anxiety can enhance clinical performance in less experienced anesthetists by improving cue utilization. This study shows emotions play a functional role in medical decision-making, especially for novice practitioners.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Cognitive Psychology
- Clinical Performance
Background:
- Cue utilization, the ability to link symptoms to diagnoses, is assumed to improve with experience.
- However, research often shows a weak link between experience and effective cue utilization.
- Emotional states may influence this relationship.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if emotional states (negative and positive arousal) moderate the relationship between experience level and cue utilization in anesthetists.
- To explore the functional role of emotions in clinical decision-making.
Main Methods:
- Assessed cue utilization using the EXPERtise 2.0 online tool for anesthesia-related tasks.
- Measured recent positive and negative arousal emotions and categorized them.
- Quantified practitioner experience by years and hours of practice.
Main Results:
- A significant interaction was found between arousal emotions and experience level.
- Anxiety-related emotions specifically enhanced cue utilization in less experienced anesthetists.
- 125 anesthetists participated, with 36% being female.
Conclusions:
- Emotions play a crucial role in how practitioners utilize cues during clinical tasks.
- Normal levels of anxiety may have a beneficial, functional impact on the performance of less experienced healthcare professionals.
- Understanding the influence of emotions is vital for optimizing clinical performance, particularly for those new to the field.
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