TABLE 5.
List of procedural skills in which doctors rated themselves as not competent (less than 50%) | No. of doctors who could perform the procedure independently (n = 59) |
|
---|---|---|
n | % | |
General anaesthesia | 26 | 48.1 |
Intraosseous infusion | 26 | 46.4 |
Injection of keloids | 26 | 44.8 |
Posterior colpopuncture | 24 | 42.1 |
Insertion of IUCD | 24 | 40.7 |
Endometrial biopsy | 22 | 39.3 |
Appendicectomy | 22 | 37.3 |
Skin graft | 19 | 32.8 |
Venous cutdown | 18 | 30.5 |
Indirect laryngoscopy | 15 | 25.9 |
Proctoscopy | 14 | 24.6 |
I and D Meibomian cyst | 14 | 24.6 |
Pleural biopsy | 14 | 24.0 |
Bier’s block | 8 | 16.7 |
Epidural anaesthesia | 8 | 14.0 |
Vasectomy | 8 | 13.8 |
Tracheostomy | 8 | 13.6 |
Cricothyroidotomy | 6 | 11.0 |
Tonometry | 4 | 6.9 |
IUCD, Intrauterine contraceptive device.