Assessing The Need Of Training Of Blood Pressure Measurement In Under Graduate Medical Students.

[摘要] Blood pressure measurement is the basic clinical procedure and integral part of generalexamination, also it is one of the vital parameter and the most common procedure in clinical practice. Theconsequence of poor skill development lead to serious problem for patient and error will give high valuesfor blood pressure and it will cost high risk for patient who is not hypertensive to prehypertensive andprehypertensive to stage I hypertensive. A total of 150 undergraduate medical students 50 each fromIstyear, IInd year, and final year will be included in the study. Practical demonstration for BP measurementunder 15 elements skillset based upon American medical association will be given to the first MBBSmedical students during clinical practical. We will assess the students by giving scores according to thechecklist. For satisfactory performance ---1, and unsatisfactory---0 will be given and feedback fromstudent will be taken of five point likerts scale. We observed the students’ performance on 15 skillsetpoints for blood pressure measurement Their performance was not satisfactory oh some vital skillsrequired for blood pressure measurement. Students of undergraduate agreed upon the need of retrainingin second and third MBBS students and 73% want the need of incorporation of BP measurement incurriculum for all the phases’ feedback. We conclude that medical student have not attained mastery ofmultiple skills required for BP measurement. The students should be retrained as they move on higherphases, so there is need of incorporation of BP measurement in their curriculum.

[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] Blood pressure;Skillset;Assessment;Retrain.