Beyond physical trauma: A call for research in trauma-informed care education in surgical spaces

Trauma can alter physiologic functions within the body, predisposing individuals to certain diseases.2 Trauma-exposed persons face difficulties in accessing patient care safely within healthcare settings, which can limit autonomy and increase the risk of retraumatization. TIC is employed as a patien...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The American journal of surgery 2023-08, Vol.226 (2), p.284-285
Main Authors: Morgan, Anna, Burns, Courtney, Terrell, Stephanie, Kwakye, Gifty, Hughes, Tasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Empowerment
Patient-centered care
Patients
Surgeons
Surgery
Training
Trauma
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Trauma can alter physiologic functions within the body, predisposing individuals to certain diseases.2 Trauma-exposed persons face difficulties in accessing patient care safely within healthcare settings, which can limit autonomy and increase the risk of retraumatization. TIC is employed as a patient care framework that emphasizes physical, psychological, and emotional safety for patients and providers with the aim of helping trauma-exposed persons rebuild a sense of control and empowerment.3 Understanding the cause of a patient's distress while receiving medical care is essential to providing safe, effective, and patient-centered care. Surgical training itself poses unique challenges; the time-intensive nature of training as well as the need to provide skills-based education can leave little room for TIC education. [...]TIC educational program.
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.05.038