Competence and Confidence With Basic Procedural Skills: The Experience and Opinions of Fourth-Year Medical Students at A Single Institution
Competence and Confidence With Basic Procedural Skills: The Experience and Opinions of Fourth-Year Medical Students at A Single Institution
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DOI:
10.1097/acm.0b013e31828b0007
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发表时间:
2013-05-01
影响因子:
7.4
通讯作者:
Meyers, Michael O.
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作者:
Dehmer, Jeffrey J.;Amos, Keith D.;Meyers, Michael O.
PurposeData indicate that students are unprepared to perform basic medical procedures on graduation. The authors' aim was to characterize graduating students' experience with and opinions about these skills.MethodIn 2011, an online survey queried 156 fourth-year medical students about their experience with, and actual and desired levels of competence for, nine procedural skills (Foley catheter insertion, nasogastric tube insertion, venipuncture, intravenous catheter insertion, arterial puncture, basic suturing, endotracheal intubation, lumbar puncture, and thoracentesis). Students self-reported competence on a four-point Likert scale (4 = independently performs skill; 1 = unable to perform skill). Data were analyzed by analysis of variance and Student t test. A five-point Likert scale was used to assess student confidence.ResultsOne hundred thirty-four (86%) students responded. Two skills were performed more than two times by over 50% of students: Foley catheter insertion and suturing. Mean level of competence ranged from 3.13 +/- 0.75 (Foley catheter insertion) to 1.7 +/- 0.7 (thoracentesis). A gap in desired versus actual level of puncture, and thoracentesis). Students self-reported competence on a four-point Likert scale (4 = independently performs skill; 1 = unable to perform skill). Data were analyzed by analysis of variance and Student t test. A five-point Likert scale was used to assess student confidence. Results One hundred thirty-four (86%) students responded. Two skills were performed more than two times by over 50% of students: Foley catheter insertion and suturing. Mean level of competence ranged from 3.13 +/- 0.75 (Foley catheter insertion) to 1.7 +/- 0.7 (thoracentesis). A gap in desired versus actual level of competence existed for all procedures (P