| Leadership in medical emergencies depends on gender and personality. | |
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PMID: 21358565 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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INTRODUCTION: Leadership is an important predictor of team performance in medical emergencies. There are no data on why some healthcare workers take the lead in emergencies while others do not. Accordingly, the aim of the study was to determine predictors of leadership in a medical emergency. METHODS: Two hundred thirty-seven medical students in fourth year of medical school participated and filled in a questionnaire assessing knowledge, experience, and personality traits. Students were randomly assigned to 79 groups of three. Each group was confronted with a standardized scenario of a simulated witnessed cardiac arrest. The primary outcome was the predictors of the number of leadership statements during the first 3 minutes of the cardiac arrest. RESULTS: In the first 3 minutes of the cardiac arrest, the participants made a median of five leadership statements (range, 0-22; interquartile range, 2). Thirteen participants (5.5%) made no single leadership statement. Multivariate analysis revealed that male gender (unstandardized coefficient, 1.9; P = 0.01), extraversion (unstandardized coefficient, 0.9; P = 0.02), and agreeableness (unstandardized coefficient, -1.1; P = 0.023) predicted leadership statements. Context knowledge, context experience, and other personality traits had no significant effect on leadership. CONCLUSIONS: During the initial phase of a medical emergency, there is a substantial interindividual variation in the amount of leadership. Leadership behavior as assessed by the number of leadership statements is determined by gender and personality and not by knowledge or experience. |
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Authors:
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Seraina Streiff; Franziska Tschan; Sabina Hunziker; Cyrill Buehlmann; Norbert K Semmer; Patrick Hunziker; Stephan Marsch |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare Volume: 6 ISSN: 1559-713X ISO Abbreviation: Simul Healthc Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-03-31 Completed Date: 2011-08-05 Revised Date: 2012-05-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101264408 Medline TA: Simul Healthc Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 78-83 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Medical Intensive Care, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland. |
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Clinical Competence Efficiency* Efficiency, Organizational* Emergency Service, Hospital* Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Interpersonal Relations Leadership* Male Multivariate Analysis Patient Simulation Personality Prospective Studies Questionnaires Sex Factors Statistics as Topic Students, Medical / psychology* |
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Simul Healthc. 2012 Apr;7(2):134; author reply 134-6
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