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. 2020 Dec 7;11(6):e17–e23. doi: 10.36834/cmej.68494
Skill Total Number of Responses Absolute Responses Ranking Number of Specialties with Option Number of Respondents with Option Relative Value Relative Responses Ranking Overall Ranking
IV access 28 1 6 35 0.800 1 1
Airway management 12 9 3 18 0.667 4 2
Local anesthesia/field block 23 2 6 38 0.605 12 3
Casting 9 13 3 12 0.750 2 4
Spontaneous vaginal delivery 10 11 4 15 0.667 5 5
Testing for STIs 9 14 3 13 0.692 3 6
Phlebotomy 13 7 4 20 0.650 10 7
Suturing of Lacerations 13 8 5 21 0.619 11 8
Nasogastric tube placement 20 3 6 38 0.526 18 9
Venipuncture 8 16 1 12 0.667 6 10
Abscess incision and drainage 14 5 5 26 0.538 17 11
Pap smear 12 10 4 21 0.571 15 12
Urethral catheterization 20 4 7 41 0.488 24 13
Closed Reduction of Simple Fractures 9 15 2 16 0.563 16 14
Topical anesthesia 14 6 4 36 0.389 25 15
Splinting 7 19 3 12 0.583 14 16
Cryosurgery 6 21 1 10 0.600 13 17
Arterial blood gas sampling 7 20 3 14 0.500 19 18
Anterior Nasal Packing for Epistaxis 6 22 2 12 0.500 20 19
Foreign body removal from ear/nose 8 17 3 24 0.333 26 20
Assessment of ruptured membranes/ferning 2 37 1 3 0.667 7 21
Remove warts fingernails toenail foreign body 5 24 1 10 0.500 21 22
Non-stress test, contraction stress test 2 38 1 3 0.667 8 23
Non-surgical and surgical management of severe post-partum hemorrhage 2 39 1 3 0.667 9 24
Abdominal paracentesis 4 27 1 8 0.500 22 25
Endotracheal intubation 10 12 6 38 0.263 38 26
Oxygen administration devices 3 29 1 6 0.500 23 27
Thoracentesis 8 18 4 26 0.308 34 28
Arthrocentesis 6 23 4 20 0.300 36 29
Endometrial biopsy 4 28 2 13 0.308 35 30
Lumbar puncture 5 25 4 20 0.250 39 31
Excisional biopsies 2 40 2 6 0.333 27 32
Anoscopy 3 30 1 10 0.300 37 33
Wounds major - debride/suture 2 41 1 6 0.333 28 34
Ultrasound Use for Intravascular Access 5 26 5 29 0.172 43 35
Basic prenatal ultrasound 3 31 2 13 0.231 41 36
Punch biopsies 3 32 2 16 0.188 42 37
Fetal scalp ph determination 1 48 1 3 0.333 29 38
Posterior Nasal Packing for Epistaxis 3 33 3 18 0.167 44 39
Low transverse caesarean section 1 49 1 3 0.333 30 40
Vacuum extraction 1 50 1 3 0.333 31 41
Defibrillation/cardioversion 2 42 3 8 0.250 40 42
Vulvar and vaginal biopsy 1 51 1 3 0.333 32 43
Wet mount of vaginal discharge 1 52 1 3 0.333 33 44
Peripheral nerve block 3 34 3 28 0.107 51 45
Monitoring a patient under general anesthetic 2 43 1 12 0.167 45 46
Video laryngoscopy 2 44 1 12 0.167 46 47
Arterial line placement 3 35 6 39 0.077 57 48
Central venous catheter placement 3 36 7 41 0.073 58 49
Paracentesis 2 45 3 18 0.111 50 50
Fine needle aspiration 2 46 3 19 0.105 52 51
Cardiac pacing 1 53 2 8 0.125 47 52
Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (FAST) 1 54 2 8 0.125 48 53
Pediatric vascular access 2 47 4 23 0.087 56 54
Transvenous pacemaker insertion 1 55 3 8 0.125 49 55
Newborn circumcision 1 56 1 10 0.100 53 56
Vasectomy 1 57 1 10 0.100 54 57
Venous cutdown 1 58 1 10 0.100 55 58
Chest tube placement and management 1 59 2 14 0.071 59 59
Flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy 1 60 2 16 0.063 60 60
Compartment pressures (abdomen, extremity) - measurement 1 61 2 18 0.056 61 61
Cardiocentesis 0 62 2 8 0.000 62 62
Cervical biopsy and polypectomy 0 63 1 3 0.000 63 63
Dental blocks 0 64 1 2 0.000 64 64
Electrocautery 0 65 1 3 0.000 65 65
Endotracheal tube exchange 0 66 1 12 0.000 66 66
Epidurals 0 67 2 15 0.000 67 67
Forceps delivery 0 68 1 3 0.000 68 68
Fracture/dislocation reduction 0 69 2 2 0.000 69 69
Lymph node biopsy 0 70 1 6 0.000 70 70
Pulmonary artery catheter placement 0 71 2 15 0.000 71 71
Skin grafting 0 72 1 6 0.000 72 72
Temporary closure of the abdomen 0 73 1 6 0.000 73 73
Tracheostomy 0 74 3 8 0.000 74 74