AIM: Before implementing new workshops and teaching in our faculty for performing basic life support (BLS), we aimed to determine the level of self-confidence of medical students with regard to the management of cardiac arrest (CA). METHODS: We conducted a preinterventional study. A questionnaire was sent to third-year to sixth-year medical students. We recorded sex, year of training, and personal witnessing of CA. We asked them about their theoretical knowledge on 10 main items of BLS and their self-perception of qualification to conduct a CA situation. We tested the respective influence of sex, year of training, and personal witnessing of CA. RESULTS: In total, 592 (37%) students completed the questionnaire, 42% of them were men. Less than a third of the students (30%) thought of themselves as being sufficiently qualified to conduct BLS. After the third year, the level of study did not influence their theoretical knowledge or their self-perception of qualification. Male sex and the number of CAs witnessed were the only factors positively associated with better self-confidence regarding qualification. CONCLUSION: Self-perception of qualification in BLS is poor in our faculty. In our study, personal witnessing of CA greatly influenced confidence, whereas level of study did not.
AIM: Before implementing new workshops and teaching in our faculty for performing basic life support (BLS), we aimed to determine the level of self-confidence of medical students with regard to the management of cardiac arrest (CA). METHODS: We conducted a preinterventional study. A questionnaire was sent to third-year to sixth-year medical students. We recorded sex, year of training, and personal witnessing of CA. We asked them about their theoretical knowledge on 10 main items of BLS and their self-perception of qualification to conduct a CA situation. We tested the respective influence of sex, year of training, and personal witnessing of CA. RESULTS: In total, 592 (37%) students completed the questionnaire, 42% of them were men. Less than a third of the students (30%) thought of themselves as being sufficiently qualified to conduct BLS. After the third year, the level of study did not influence their theoretical knowledge or their self-perception of qualification. Male sex and the number of CAs witnessed were the only factors positively associated with better self-confidence regarding qualification. CONCLUSION: Self-perception of qualification in BLS is poor in our faculty. In our study, personal witnessing of CA greatly influenced confidence, whereas level of study did not.
Authors: Robert D Willmore; Damjan Veljanoski; Feray Ozdes; Bethan Stephens; James Mooney; Seamus G Crumley; Arpan Doshi; Philippa Davies; Shreya Badhrinarayanan; Emily Day; Kristian Tattam; April Wilson; Nathan Crang; Lorna Green; Craig A Mounsey; Howell Fu; Joseph Williams; Michelle S D'souza; Dhanya Sebastian; Liam A Mcgiveron; Matthew G Percy; James Cohen; Imogen J John; Alice Lethbridge; Imogen Watkins; Omar Amin; Mubasher A Qamar; John Gerrard Hanrahan; Emily Cramond-Wong Journal: World J Emerg Med Date: 2019
Authors: Mathijs Binkhorst; Michelle Coopmans; Jos M T Draaisma; Petra Bot; Marije Hogeveen Journal: Eur J Pediatr Date: 2018-05-07 Impact factor: 3.183