A Survey of Basic Technical Skills of Medical Students

Abstract

It is likely that half of the medical schools are not attaining the MSOP objective of rigorously teaching and evaluating technical procedures. Currently, more measures and more sophisticated measures of physicians' performance are being implemented in medical practice. The authors' findings call attention to this educational need and act as a stimulus to improve this aspect of medical education.

Confidence in essential procedural skills of Thai medical graduates

“…Knowing the real situation is needed for planning the education program, so that the graduates will attain the required skills competently. Most studies concerning this topic were from developed countries, which revealed that medical schools could not prepare all students to perform basic procedures independently [3][4][5][6]. In addition, a gap in desired versus actual level of competence existed for all procedures [6].…”

National Undergraduate Medical Core Curriculum in Turkey: Evaluation of Residents

“…According to 62 Associate Deans for Academic Affairs from the USA, 82% of them think that medical students should be proficient in venepuncture, while 71% of them think they should be proficient in the placement of a urinary catheter (71%) (20). In 46 out of 55 medical schools where teaching took place at the universities' own training and research hospitals, "Clinical Skills Education" (CSE) was taught from the early years of medical education (16) as a result of humanistic approach in medical education.…”

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“…They found the residents who had procedure course during undergraduates are significantly more likely to report competency in performing basic medical procedures [1]. Other study done among graduate's students showed that more than two-thirds of the participant were capable of doing venipuncture, intravenous placement, arterial puncture, placement of the nasogastric tube, placement of Foley catheter, suturing lacerations, and CPR [2].…”