A technical skills elective program for pre-clerkship medical students reduces levels of high anxiety for performing technical skills.
Journal
American journal of surgery
ISSN: 1879-1883
Titre abrégé: Am J Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0370473
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2020
07 2020
Historique:
received:
09
09
2019
accepted:
13
10
2019
pubmed:
14
11
2019
medline:
21
8
2020
entrez:
14
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We investigated the effect of a simulation-based technical skills course on rates of high anxiety reported by pre-clerkship medical students for basic and advanced technical skills. Twenty-two second year medical students reported levels of anxiety by electronic survey for 21 technical skills before and after the course. A peer group of 75 students were invited to complete the survey for comparison. We received 21 (95.5%) responses before and after the course, and 12 (57.1%) in a three-month follow-up. Rates of high anxiety ranged from 19 to 86% across skills before the course and 0-48% afterward. There was no statistically significant difference in high anxiety reported in a three-month follow-up survey. The rates of high anxiety reported were reduced across all skills for course participants compared to the responding peer group of 32 (42.7%), reaching a statistically significant difference for 15/21 skills (P < 0.05). Participation in this technical skills course was associated with decreased reports of high anxiety by pre-clerkship medical students regarding the performance of basic and advanced technical skills.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
We investigated the effect of a simulation-based technical skills course on rates of high anxiety reported by pre-clerkship medical students for basic and advanced technical skills.
METHODS
Twenty-two second year medical students reported levels of anxiety by electronic survey for 21 technical skills before and after the course. A peer group of 75 students were invited to complete the survey for comparison.
RESULTS
We received 21 (95.5%) responses before and after the course, and 12 (57.1%) in a three-month follow-up. Rates of high anxiety ranged from 19 to 86% across skills before the course and 0-48% afterward. There was no statistically significant difference in high anxiety reported in a three-month follow-up survey. The rates of high anxiety reported were reduced across all skills for course participants compared to the responding peer group of 32 (42.7%), reaching a statistically significant difference for 15/21 skills (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
Participation in this technical skills course was associated with decreased reports of high anxiety by pre-clerkship medical students regarding the performance of basic and advanced technical skills.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31718814
pii: S0002-9610(19)31225-5
doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.10.028
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
90-94Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.