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Observational Study
. 2021 Feb 25;47(1):42.
doi: 10.1186/s13052-021-00972-2.

High-Fidelity simulation-based program improves flow state scale in the perinatal team

Mariachiara Martina Strozzi  1 , Alessandro Varrica  2 , Micaela Colivicchi  1 , Claudia Pelazzo  1 , Rossana Negri  1 , Anna Galante  1 , Patrizia Ianniello  1 , Rossella Sterpone  3 , Priscilla Nannini  3 , Daniela Leo  3 , Francesca Mannarino  3 , Manuel Striani  4 , Stefania Montani  4 , Diego Gazzolo  5   6
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Observational Study

High-Fidelity simulation-based program improves flow state scale in the perinatal team

Mariachiara Martina Strozzi et al. Ital J Pediatr. .

Abstract

Background: We aimed to evaluate the degree of realism and involvement, stress management and awareness of performance improvement in practitioners taking part in high fidelity simulation (HFS) training program for delivery room (DR) management, by means of a self-report test such as flow state scale (FSS).

Methods: This is an observational pretest-test study. Between March 2016 and May 2019, fourty-three practitioners (physicians, midwives, nurses) grouped in multidisciplinary teams were admitted to our training High Fidelity Simulation center. In a time-period of 1 month, practitioners attended two HFS courses (model 1, 2) focusing on DR management and resuscitation maneuvers. FSS test was administred at the end of M1 and M2 course, respectively.

Results: FSS scale items such as unambiguous feed-back, loss of self consciousness and loss of time reality, merging of action and awareness significantly improved (P < 0.05, for all) between M1 and M2.

Conclusions: The present results showing the high level of practitioner involvement during DR management-based HFS courses support the usefulness of HFS as a trustworthy tool for improving the awareness of practitioner performances and feed-back. The data open the way to the usefulness of FSS as a trustworthy tool for the evaluation of the efficacy of training programs in a multidisciplinary team.

Keywords: Delivery room; Flow state scale test; Neonatal resuscitation; Simulation based training.

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Conflict of interest statement

The funding organizations played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Fig. 1
Flow-chart of the training program according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Heart Association (AHA) neonatal resuscitaton statements. Flow State Scale (FSS) test was administrated to practiotioners at the completion of every training model
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