The impact of a hands-on arthrocentesis workshop in undergraduate medical education

BMC Medical Education

Table 4 Impact survey

	Positive answers (“yes”)
	%
Skills enhancement *	100
Influence on future practice habits **	100
Mandatory workshop before practicing ***	100
Recommend the workshop ****	100
Confident with the procedure *****:
–		Attempts until
–		confident (n)
- Overall	80.9%	8.5 (1–22)
- Knee	95.6%	3.7 (1–20)
- Glenohumeral joint	72.1%	2.2 (1–5)
- Subacromial space	58.8%	1.8 (1–4)
- Acromioclavicular joint	50.0%	1.8 (1–4)
- Elbow	77.9%	2.6 (1–5)
- Spine	44.4%	2.5 (1–6)

*Do you think, this workshop is useful to enhance the skills in arthrocentesis technique
**Do you think, this workshop influenced your future practice habits?
***Do you think, every doctor should complete a workshop like this first before performing an injection on themselves?
****Would you recommend this workshop to other students?
*****Do you think you feel comfortable to perform an arthrocentesis on your own after completing this workshop? If so, how many attempts did it take until you felt comfortable with the procedure?

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