TABLE 2.
Results of competence and experience in procedural skills among some procedures in various disciplines.
| Procedural skills | Total† | Competence |
Experience (n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unfamiliar with procedure (0) |
Able to explain to patient (1) |
Able to do the procedure with support (2) |
Able to do the procedure independently |
3A (< 5) | 3B (5–10) | 3C (> 10) | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||
| Pleural tap | 59 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.7 | 5 | 96.6 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Lumbar puncture | 59 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.4 | 56 | 94.9 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Intercostal drain insertion | 59 | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.7 | 2 | 3.4 | 55 | 93.2 | 1 | 2 | 51 |
| Endotracheal intubation | 58 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 10.3 | 50 | 86.2 | 1 | 3 | 44 |
| Caesarean section | 57 | 2 | 3.5 | 5 | 8.8 | 8 | 14.0 | 42 | 73.7 | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Spinal anaesthesia | 57 | 10 | 17.5 | 4 | 7.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 35 | 61.4 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| General anaesthesia | 54 | 12 | 22.2 | 5 | 9.3 | 11 | 20.4 | 26 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Insertion of IUCD | 59 | 8 | 13.6 | 16 | 27.1 | 11 | 18.6 | 24 | 40.7 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| Appendicectomy | 59 | 9 | 15.3 | 7 | 11.9 | 21 | 35.6 | 22 | 37.3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Cricothyroidotomy | 57 | 18 | 32.0 | 19 | 33.0 | 14 | 25.0 | 6 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Tracheostomy | 59 | 15 | 25.4 | 23 | 39.0 | 13 | 22.0 | 8 | 13.6 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
IUCD, intrauterine contraceptive device.
†
, n = 59.