A STUDY TO EVALUATE INJECTION TECHNIQUES OF MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATES ON MANNEQUINS IN A MEDICAL COLLEGE
Proper injection technique is a must to avoid patient related complications in health care settings. As per Medical Council of India, medical colleges have to stress on competency based learning and need to create skilled medical doctor. There is a wide gap between teaching and evaluation. Therefore, adoption of a valid method for practical examination is needed for the evaluation of individual competencies of students with reliability. Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) is a newer tool that helps to assess the student’s competencies and skills in pharmacology practical examination. Aim to evaluate the parenteral injection skills (IM, IV) acquired by second year medical undergraduates on mannequins in pharmacology practical internal assessment through OSPE. This study was a cross-sectional, OSPE based evaluation that was undertaken in a private medical college among second year medical undergraduates. Data was analyzed using simple descriptive statistics. Total of 124 second year medical students participated in the study. 31% of students did not check prescription order before giving injection. 98% of students washed their hands before giving injection and 3 1% of the students failed to load the syringe with drug properly. 30% of the students forgot to pull back the plunger to see any blood aspirate before injecting the medication. 90% of students properly disposed cotton swab and syringe after procedure