Developing Competency in Post Graduate Anesthesia Students for Difficult Airway Management
Developing Competency in Post Graduate Anesthesia Students for Difficult Airway Management
Keywords:
Lecture; pre-post test; training on mannequin; DOPSAbstract
Introduction: Anaesthesiologists are recognized as experts in difficult airway management. And anaesthesiology residents are not exposed enough to a difficult or failed airway during the course of their three years of clinical training .In order to attain “expert†status in difficult or failed airway management, a competency in advanced airway management educational program as a part of an anaesthesiology residency program is necessary. Objectives: This study was undertaken to improve the knowledge of anatomy of head and neck necessary for endotracheal intubation to develop competency in airway management in post graduate anaesthesia students. Methodology: All 17 postgraduate Anaesthesia residents working in Anaesthesia department for more than 2 months of intervention participated. Lecture and training was taken to ensure that they have some basic concepts of anatomy and physiology, and were assessed by pre- post test questionnaire and DOPS (direct observational procedural skills) respectively. Results: Gain % of pre-post test for knowledge was 70.52 and 85.32, DOPS mean score was 5.5+/-0.72 and 8.9+/- 0.20 in Junior and Senior Residents respectively .DOPS score was similar to their self assessed score. Conclusion: Students’ knowledge improved on various aspects of Intubation and difficult intubation after lecture DOPS practical assessment score suggested that there is still need of exposures of unpredicted difficult airways with increase in difficulty levels to improve competency in airway management
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