Improvement In Confidence Levels Research Articles

P73 The creation of a simulated pan-deanery medical thoracoscopy and indwelling pleural catheter course

IntroductionMedical thoracoscopy (MT) and indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) insertion are becoming increasingly utilised for the purposes of diagnostic and therapeutic intervention in pleural disease. We are at the cusp of...

Assessing Affective Learning Using a Student Response System

Affective learning relates to students’ attitudes, emotions, and feelings. This study focuses on measuring affective learning during library instruction by using a student response system. Participants were undergraduate students who received course-related library instruction for a research assignment. Students rated their confidence levels associated with finding resources before and after the library session using a student response system and again at the end of the semester using a paper survey. The results show a significant improvement in confidence levels for students receiving library instruction, suggesting that library instruction can have a positive influence on affective learning.

Use of rock mechanics laboratory data in geomechanical modelling to increase confidence in CO2 geological storage

One of the many challenges facing carbon capture and storage will be to provide convincing evidence of the geomechanical integrity of any proposed geological storage site. Contrary to storage in depleted hydrocarbon fields, storage in saline aquifer presents many more unknowns in this respect because there will probably be no known previous pressure response history or rock property characterisation. The work presented here was carried out as part of a project investigating the improvement in levels of confidence in all aspects of site selection and characterisation that could be expected with increasing data availability for saline aquifers. Attention here was focused on geomechanical modelling and the rock mechanics data used to populate these models. The models initially used generic geomechanical property data and the potential for shear failure of the intact rock and (fault) reactivation of fractured rock investigated. The models were then updated with laboratory measured rock mechanical properties for actual rock from the proposed storage system locality. The modelled results were changed marginally but did not identify any significant issues of criticality because of the relative geomechanical “benignness” of the storage site.

Scenario-based emergency care training and improvement in confidence levels of pre-graduation senior medical studentsStatus: PendingCategory: Education

Purpose of study: Confidence levels in junior doctors are improved by pre-graduation courses that focus on clinical skills.1,2 The Professional Completion Module (PCM) in the final year of medicine at University College Dublin (UCD) includes an intensive 2-day scenario-based clinical skills course that focuses on initial emergency care of common problems. The course comprises certified BLS/AED, 2 core lectures, 15×30min small group skills and scenario stations. Core content is based on PHECC Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Spiritual assessment and provision – an audit of current practice

BackgroundAssessment of patients' spiritual needs and appropriate spiritual support is fundamental to holistic care, particularly towards end of life. Merseyside & Cheshire Cancer Network (MCCN) implemented spiritual awareness education in...