background: learning of clinical skills in the intensive care unit (icu) is important for nursing students. “direct observation of procedural skills (dops)” is a modified objective method in the field of medical sciences, and we conducted this study with the aim of investigating the effect of evaluation using dops method on learning practical skills among nursing students in the icu. materials ...

conclusions concept mapping was superior to conventional skill teaching methods. it is suggested to use concept mapping in teaching practical courses such as fundamentals of nursing. results before education, no significant differences were observed between the two groups in the three skills of cleaning (p = 0.251), injection (p = 0.185) and sterilizing (p = 0.568). the students mean scores wer...

introduction. the ability for practical skills is an important target for medical education. these skills are necessary for diagnosis of diseases and therapeutic procedures. this study is designed for evaluation of clinical skills. methods. 92 medical student were selected randomly and data was collected by questionnaires. results. 71.7% of stagers and 21.4% of internship students didn’t have n...

with shorter periods of hospitalazation, fewer patient beds and more health care facilities in the society, patients are now more acutely ill and highly dependent, causing less opportunities for medical students to practice and learn basic clinical skills. on the other hand, enhanced patient rights and other learnig limitations require that professional education provide not only knowledge and ...

A list of practical skills to observe or learn was included in an undergraduate child health core curriculum. The ability of students to perform these tasks was assessed in a short objective test. This testing has encouraged them to become more proficient in these important skills.

Practical skills teaching in medicine has traditionally been based on the principles of ‘see one, do one, teach one’. Healthcare professionals learn a wide range of practical skills over the years – from basic skills such as suturing a skin wound or the incision and draining of an abscess, to undertaking more complex technical procedures in theatre, such as appendectomy. But to what extent is t...

OBJECTIVE Practical skills are an essential part of physicians' daily routine. Nevertheless, medical graduates' performance of basic skills is often below the expected level. This review aims to identify and summarize teaching approaches of basic practical skills in undergraduate medical education which provide evidence with respect to effective students' learning of these skills. METHODS Bas...