Acute stress management training for elite performance under pressure

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Education
• Occupational Stress
• Clinical Performance

Background:

• Healthcare professionals face increasing chronic and acute stressors.
• Current training focuses on general resilience, not specific acute stress management skills.
• Acute stressors include patient deterioration, team crises, and high-demand innovations.

Purpose of the Study:

• Advocate for dedicated acute stress training in healthcare education.
• Propose methods to enhance clinician performance during high-stress events.
• Highlight the need for skills applicable across all specialties.

Main Methods:

• Reviewing the necessity of acute stress training in healthcare.
• Proposing tactics from various high-stress fields.
• Analyzing the gap in current stress management curricula.

Main Results:

• Traditional curricula inadequately prepare clinicians for acute stress.
• Specific training can improve performance in critical situations.
• Cross-disciplinary approaches offer valuable strategies.

Conclusions:

• Acute stress management training is crucial for healthcare.
• Implementing targeted skills enhances clinician resilience and performance.
• Healthcare education must evolve to include acute stress preparedness.