Undergraduate Anesthesia Skills for a Global Surgery Agenda: Students’ Self-Reported Competence
Authors' conclusion
Students felt less prepared for emergencies.
Study context
- Population
- Medical students at all medical schools in South Africa89% participation rate
- Participants
- 1,689 students
- Exposure
- Cluster A vs cluster B schools
- Outcome
- Self-perceived anesthetic competence at graduation (54 Likert scale items in 5 themes)
- Follow-up
- At graduation
Methodological detailsobservational, national (all medical schools in South Africa (SA))
- Observational
- National (all medical schools in SA)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Self-perceived anesthetic competence
- Self-perceived competence higher at cluster A schools across all 54 items and all 5 themes
- Students felt more prepared for history-taking and patient examination than for managing emergencies and complications
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
General medical skills and skills relating to maternal mortality
- Higher at cluster A schools
Original publication
Undergraduate Anesthesia Skills for a Global Surgery Agenda: Students’ Self-Reported Competence. Anesth Analg. Published 8 March 2023. doi:10.
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