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Vicki LeBlanc

Professor, Dept of Innovation in Med Ed, U of Ottawa
Verified email at uottawa.ca
Cited by 8853

The effects of acute stress on performance: implications for health professions education

VR LeBlanc - Academic Medicine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Purpose This paper is a review of representative research on the impact of acute stressors
on the clinical performance of individuals and teams. Method The Sciences Citation Index, …

A framework for evaluating image segmentation algorithms

JK Udupa, VR LeBlanc, Y Zhuge, C Imielinska… - … medical imaging and …, 2006 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to describe a framework for evaluating image segmentation
algorithms. Image segmentation consists of object recognition and delineation. For evaluating …

Interventions to reduce the consequences of stress in physicians: a review and meta-analysis

…, D Glancy, A Pitts, VR LeBlanc - The Journal of nervous …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
A significant proportion of physicians and medical trainees experience stress-related
anxiety and burnout resulting in increased absenteeism and disability, decreased patient …

Predictable chaos: a review of the effects of emotions on attention, memory and decision making

VR LeBlanc, MM McConnell, SD Monteiro - Advances in Health Sciences …, 2015 - Springer
Healthcare practice and education are highly emotional endeavors. While this is recognized
by educators and researchers seeking to develop interventions aimed at improving …

Simulation-based training improves physicians' performance in patient care in high-stakes clinical setting of cardiac surgery

HR Bruppacher, SK Alam, VR LeBlanc… - The Journal of the …, 2010 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Simulation-based training is useful in improving physicians' skills. However, no
randomized controlled trials have been able to demonstrate the effects of simulation …

Teaching from the clinical reasoning literature: combined reasoning strategies help novice diagnosticians overcome misleading information

KW Eva, RM Hatala, VR LeBlanc… - Medical education, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Previous research has revealed a pedagogical benefit of instructing novice
diagnosticians to utilise a combined approach to clinical reasoning (familiarity‐driven pattern …

Residents feel unprepared and unsupervised as leaders of cardiac arrest teams in teaching hospitals: a survey of internal medicine residents

CW Hayes, A Rhee, ME Detsky, VR Leblanc… - Critical care …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We aimed to determine internal medicine residents’ perceptions of the adequacy
of their training to serve as in-hospital cardiac arrest team leaders, given the responsibility of …

Threat and challenge: cognitive appraisal and stress responses in simulated trauma resuscitations

…, AB Nathens, G Bandiera, VR LeBlanc - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… Adrian Harvey,1,2 Avery B Nathens,1,2 Glen Bandiera1,3 & Vicki R LeBlanc1,3 … 8 LeBlanc
VR. The effects of acute stress on performance: implications for health professions education. …

Paramedic performance in calculating drug dosages following stressful scenarios in a human patient simulator

VR LeBlanc, RD MacDonald, B McArthur… - Prehospital …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Paramedics face many stressors in their work environment. Studies have
shown that stress can have a negative effect on the psychological well-being of health …

The impact of stress on paramedic performance during simulated critical events

VR LeBlanc, C Regehr, W Tavares, AK Scott… - … and disaster medicine, 2012 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesSubstantial research demonstrates that the stressors accompanying the profession
of paramedicine can lead to mental health concerns. In contrast, little is known about the …