Evaluation of medical student retention of clinical skills following simulation training

BMC Medical Education

Table 3 Students Self-declared Intensity of Practise for Each Skill

Clinical Skill	Spearman’s rho Correlation coefficient	Never	Once	More than 5	10 or more
Aseptic Technique	0.16	24	16	3	1
Venepuncture	0.73	4	9	25	9
Blood Pressure	0.72	2	3	25	16
Arterial Blood Gas	0.83	27	18	0	2
Male Catheterisation	0.11	30	13	2	1
Cannulation	0.34	12	18	12	5
Blood Glucose Monitoring	0.09	14	15	13	5

Students filled in a questionnaire to detail how often they had practiced their skills. (n = 51 students). This self-report practice was correlated with the students’ performance on retest of the individual skills (Spearman’s Correlation)

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