STRESS AND STANDARDIZED PATIENT

The use of standardized patients in deteriorating patient simulations adds realism that can be valuable in preparing learners for stress and improving their performance during actual patient deterioration. The emotional involvement resulting from increased fidelity can generate additional stress for students in training.This stress can influence the effectiveness of care. Its evaluation often remains subjective and its intensity variable.The works which were interested in this subject evaluated the stress especially in high fidelity simulation. The objective of our work is to evaluate the level of stress in health professionals during a critical situation in medical simulation such as a standardized patient.