Abstract:Background
Postgraduate medical curricula contain mandatory procedural skills, including lumbar puncture, thoracocentesis and central venous cannulation. Simulated skills training can improve technical ability in laboratories but does this ensure safe clinical performance? We propose that the environment significantly affects procedural skill performance, and that using simulation in the ‘real-life’ clinical environment will bring us closer to ensuring safe and successful practice.
Methodology
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