TY - JOUR T1 - Stress and heart rate in high-fidelity training scenarios for undergraduate medical students JF - Future Hospital Journal JO - Future Hosp J SP - s16 LP - s16 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-2-s16 VL - 3 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Hannah Dunton AU - Owain Leng AU - Jamie Catlow AU - John Hancock AU - Jane Metcalf Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/Suppl_2/s16.abstract N2 - To evaluate whether the simulation environment is a significant contributor to stress for participants of high-fidelity simulation teaching, and whether heart rate is a realistic and practical surrogate measure for stress within simulation.Seven third-year medical students underwent continuous ambulatory heart rate monitoring while performing a high-fidelity simulation of an upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Pre- and post-simulation Likert-style questionnaires were distributed, in which students rated their levels of perceived anxiety regarding a selection of common clinical situations … ER -