Examining Mental Health Simulation's Impact on Reducing Stigma Among Health Professionals
Mental health care perception among nursing students is often negative, with simulation proving beneficial in teaching task-based aspects. Real-world practice also helps reduce stigma. The study explores if exposure to standardized patients acting out mental health challenges can decrease stigma levels. Methodology involves a mixed-methods approach with a focus on nursing students' attitudes towards mental illness and perceived stigma.
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ECMH Belfast 2019 Exploring the Limits of Mental Health Simulation to Reduce Stigma Among Health Professionals Dr. Abe Oudshoorn Barbara Sinclair Western University, School of Nursing, London, Ontario, Canada 1
ECMH Belfast 2019 What We Know Mental health care is one of the most negatively perceived domains of practice by nursing students (Happell & Gaskin, 2013) Simulation can assist students in learning the task-based components of mental health care (Bartlett & Butson, 2015; Doolen, et al., 2014) Mental health professional practice in real world environments reduces stigma of students towards people experiencing mental health challenges (Galletly & Burton, 2011) 2
ECMH Belfast 2019 Context Increasing demand for simulated professional practice experiences in health care curricula Class sizes; Pressures on hospital environments In defense of simulation: High quality, professional simulation 3
ECMH Belfast 2019 What We Don t Know Does exposure to standardized patients acting out mental health challenges lead to stigma reduction? 4
ECMH Belfast 2019 Methodology Quasi-experimental, mixed methods Case: Compressed program nursing students Control: 4-year program nursing students Pre- and post-test 5 Qualitative interviews
ECMH Belfast 2019 Tools Attitudes towards Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ) & 15-item modified version of the Perceived Stigma Questionnaire (PSQ) Qualitative interview guide 6
ECMH Belfast 2019 Sample Quan Pre: 44 case Quan Pre: 79 control Quan Post: 43 case Quan Post: 49 control Qual: 8 mixed 7
ECMH Belfast 2019 Results Case Control Range 5-25 15-75 20-100 5-25 15-75 20-100 Pre Ad Pre MH Pre Comb Post Ad Post MH Post Comb 18.4 32.1 50.5 16.6 28.6 45.2 18.9 30.8 49.7 18.4 30.3 48.7 8
ECMH Belfast 2019 Results - Themes Positive: Safety in Simulation Nursing Students are Open-Minded Negative: Societal Boundaries Universality of Mental Health Challenges 9
ECMH Belfast 2019 Discussion Simulation creates a statistically significant reduction in measured mental health stigma among nursing students Students perceptions on the value of mental health simulations are mixed 10
ECMH Belfast 2019 Questions 11
