Emergency medicine residents
and performance under pressure: learning
from elite athletes’ experience
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Title
Emergency medicine residents
and performance under pressure: learning
from elite athletes’ experience
and performance under pressure: learning
from elite athletes’ experience
Subject
The skills of coping with stress and pressure
Description
Abstract
Objective The skills of coping with stress and pressure within emergency medicine are conveyed informally
and inconsistently throughout residency training. This study aims to identify key psychological competencies used
by elite athletes in high-pressure situations, which can be integrated into a formal curriculum to support emergency
medicine residents’ performance in high acuity settings.
Design We conducted a scoping review spanning 20 years to identify the relevant psychological competencies
used by elite athletes (Olympic or World level) to perform under pressure. We used controlled vocabulary to search
within Medline, PsycInfo and SportDiscuss databases. A standardized charting method was used by the team of four
authors to extract relevant data.
Results The scoping review identified 18 relevant articles, including 707 athletes from 49 different sports and 11
countries, 64 data items were extracted, and 6 main themes were identified. The main psychological competencies
included the ability to sustain a high degree of motivation and confidence, to successfully regulate thoughts, emo-
tions and arousal levels, and to maintain resilience in the face of adversity.
Conclusion We used the main psychological competencies identified from our scoping review to develop a hypoth-
esis generated framework to guide the integration of performance psychology principles into future emergency
medicine residency programs.
Objective The skills of coping with stress and pressure within emergency medicine are conveyed informally
and inconsistently throughout residency training. This study aims to identify key psychological competencies used
by elite athletes in high-pressure situations, which can be integrated into a formal curriculum to support emergency
medicine residents’ performance in high acuity settings.
Design We conducted a scoping review spanning 20 years to identify the relevant psychological competencies
used by elite athletes (Olympic or World level) to perform under pressure. We used controlled vocabulary to search
within Medline, PsycInfo and SportDiscuss databases. A standardized charting method was used by the team of four
authors to extract relevant data.
Results The scoping review identified 18 relevant articles, including 707 athletes from 49 different sports and 11
countries, 64 data items were extracted, and 6 main themes were identified. The main psychological competencies
included the ability to sustain a high degree of motivation and confidence, to successfully regulate thoughts, emo-
tions and arousal levels, and to maintain resilience in the face of adversity.
Conclusion We used the main psychological competencies identified from our scoping review to develop a hypoth-
esis generated framework to guide the integration of performance psychology principles into future emergency
medicine residency programs.
Creator
Gabrielle Trepanier1* , Viviane Falardeau2
, Gurpreet Sohi3 and Veronique Richard4
, Gurpreet Sohi3 and Veronique Richard4
Source
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-024-00648-8
Date
2024
Contributor
Peri Irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
Files
Collection
Citation
Gabrielle Trepanier1* , Viviane Falardeau2
, Gurpreet Sohi3 and Veronique Richard4, “Emergency medicine residents
and performance under pressure: learning
from elite athletes’ experience,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 11, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/12354.
and performance under pressure: learning
from elite athletes’ experience,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed April 11, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/12354.