Abstract
BackgroundWe investigated the effect of a simulation-based technical skills course on rates of high anxiety reported by pre-clerkship medical students for basic and advanced technical skills. MethodsTwenty-two second year medical students reported levels of anxiety by electronic survey for 21 technical skills before and after the course. A peer group of 75 students were invited to complete the survey for comparison. ResultsWe received 21 (95.5%) responses before and after the course, and 12 (57.1%) in a three-month follow-up. Rates of high anxiety ranged from 19 to 86% across skills before the course and 0–48% afterward. There was no statistically significant difference in high anxiety reported in a three-month follow-up survey. The rates of high anxiety reported were reduced across all skills for course participants compared to the responding peer group of 32 (42.7%), reaching a statistically significant difference for 15/21 skills (P < 0.05). ConclusionsParticipation in this technical skills course was associated with decreased reports of high anxiety by pre-clerkship medical students regarding the performance of basic and advanced technical skills.
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