Universität zu Köln

Westermann, Leonard, Zisimidou, Barbara, Simons, Marvin, Zellweger, Rene and Baschera, Dominik ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9922 (2018). Self-evaluation of present clinical skills by medical students in the years 3 to 6 - a pilot study in four European countries. GMS J. Med. Educ., 35 (3). DUESSELDORF: GERMAN MEDICAL SCIENCE-GMS. ISSN 2366-5017

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Abstract

Background: Clinical training concepts of medical students differ in the various European countries. The goal of this paper is to study the differences at the beginning of medical practice in specific clinical skills on an international level. Methods: The data were collected by a publically accessible online questionnaire online from February to June 2010. The participants in the study were recruited through the official letter sent by deaneries and student organisations. Two thousand nine hundred and seven medical students participated in the online survey. From study years 1 to 6, 2406 valid data records (67.3 percent female; 32.7 percent male) from four different European countries were sent. The skills in the questionnaire included patient consultation and anamnesis, physical examination, auscultation, gypsum and bandage dressing, suture techniques, venepuncture, and laying of indwelling catheters. Results: One thousand six hundred and twenty-nine data records of medical students in their training years 3 to 6 were assessed. The average age of the students was 24.7 years. On a scale from 1 to 10, the average satisfaction of the students with theirmedical faculty was 6.47 (+/- 2.07); the assessment of the preparation for the clinical activities was 4.72 (+/- 2.13). By comparison, British students indicated most satisfaction with their training (6.70 +/- 1.85). With respect to the clinical skills, the students interviewed felt safest in patient consultation and anamnesis (7.63 +/- 2.13) followed by blood sampling (7.46 +/- 2.29). The topics of surgical suturing techniques (4.40 +/- 2.81) and the gypsum and bandaging techniques (2.63 +/- 2.23) were taught worst subjectively. Discussion: The training of medical students in basic clinical skills is an essential part of the studies. This study was able to demonstrate that the subjective trust of medical students in their personal skills positively correlated with the satisfaction with their own university. The results pointed out that future curricula of universities could profit from an increased focus on clinical skills.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Westermann, Leonard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zisimidou, Barbara UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Simons, Marvin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zellweger, Rene UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Baschera, Dominik UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-9922 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-202204
DOI:	10.3205/zma001182
Journal or Publication Title:	GMS J. Med. Educ.
Volume:	35
Number:	3
Date:	2018
Publisher:	GERMAN MEDICAL SCIENCE-GMS
Place of Publication:	DUESSELDORF
ISSN:	2366-5017
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language 3RD-YEAR CLERKSHIPS; CURRICULUM Multiple languages Education, Scientific Disciplines Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20220