| Retention into internship of resuscitation skills learned in a medical student resuscitation program incorporating an Immediate Life Support course. | |
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PMID: 20932628 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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AIMS: This study describes the acquisition and retention of resuscitation skills by medical students during and following a vertically integrated training program incorporating an Immediate Life Support course (ILS): and the skills demonstrated by interns on entry to clinical practice. METHODS: Yearly resuscitation workshops were held in the final 3 years of a 6-year undergraduate medical curriculum. These consisted of a basic life support course in year 4; a resuscitation workshop including shock-advisory defibrillation in year 5; and an ILS course in year 6. A medical student cohort was tested during the course and at the beginning of internship. RESULTS: Before year 5 training, an average of 36.6% of students passed each criterion and this increased to 72.3% 10 weeks after training. Prior to the ILS course (approximately 6-18 months following year 5 training), this proportion had decreased to 35.2%; and on retesting as interns the proportion was 64.1%, with delay between ILS training and testing of between 3 and 9 months. The proportion of interns correctly performing airway opening, initial rescue breathing and ventilation technique was lower than other measured skills. Those with ILS training performed better in initial rescue breaths (p=0.03), ventilation technique (p=0.04), and recommencement of CPR without delay following defibrillation (p=0.02). CONCLUSIONS: A vertically integrated undergraduate resuscitation course appears to reinforce the maintenance of resuscitation skills until internship. Skills are maintained for at least 6-9 months following an ILS course. This may be due to the ILS course embedding the skills more thoroughly. |
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Pam Nicol; Sandra Carr; Gillian Cleary; Antonio Celenza |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-10-06 |
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Title: Resuscitation Volume: 82 ISSN: 1873-1570 ISO Abbreviation: Resuscitation Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-01-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0332173 Medline TA: Resuscitation Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 45-50 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. |
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