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tistical differences in question responses are determined using chi-square tests . Statistical significance was set at alpha < . 05 for all analyses . The data management and analysis were conducted using Stata 14.0 ( College Station , Texas ).
Results
Results are displayed in full in Table 1 . Overall , a higher percentage of students in groups 1 and 2 agreed with gaining sufficient knowledge of perioperative medicine appropriate for the medical student level and with having confidence
Table 1 % pf Responders in peripheral iv placement , bag mask ventilation , and endotracheal intubation than students in group 3 did with a statistical significance . A higher percentage of students in groups 1 and 2 also felt they understood what a career in anesthesiology encompassed and to be interested in one when compared to students in group 3 , with a statistical significance .
Students in group 1 were more likely to feel they had a sufficient knowledge of the flow of the operating room than students in group 2 or 3 , while students in group 2 and 3 were more likely to disagree with this statement , a result with statistical significance . A higher percentage of students in group 1 also agreed with being more confident in their role as a student in the operating room than group 2 or 3 , although this result was not statistically significant . When asked if they felt they succeeded in the surgery clerkship to the best of their abilities , results between the groups were variable , and not statistically significant . Finally , most students in group 1 who completed an anesthesiology rotation
Group 1 - Rotation Before
Group 2 - Rotation After
Group 3 - No Rotation
p-value
Survey Questions
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Q1 : I have gained
3 %
14 %
83 %
5 %
14 %
82 %
50 %
33 %
17 %
< 0.01 *
sufficient knowledge of
perioperative medicine
appropriate for the
medical student level .
( n = 87 )
Q2 : I am confident in
49 %
37 %
14 %
36 %
23 %
41 %
80 %
17 %
3 %
< 0.01 *
my skills for peripheral
IV placement . ( n = 87 )
Q3 : I am confident in
6 %
9 %
86 %
0 %
5 %
95 %
20 %
24 %
57 %
0.01 *
my skills for bag mask
ventilation . ( n = 87 )
Q4 : I am confident in
18 %
31 %
51 %
14 %
50 %
36 %
77 %
13 %
10 %
< 0.01 *
my skills for endotracheal
intubation . ( n = 87 )
Q5 : I understand the
6 %
14 %
80 %
5 %
14 %
82 %
27 %
40 %
33 %
< 0.01 *
scope of what a medical
career in anesthesiology
encompasses .
( n = 87 )
Q6 : I am interested in a
65 %
14 %
20 %
41 %
27 %
32 %
93 %
3 %
3 %
< 0.01 *
career in anesthesiology
. ( n = 87 )
Q7 : Before my surgery
21 %
12 %
68 %
57 %
14 %
29 %
48 %
14 %
38 %
0.027 *
clerkship , I had sufficient
knowledge of the
flow of the operating
room . ( n = 84 )
Q8 : Before my surgery
32 %
24 %
44 %
57 %
14 %
29 %
48 %
10 %
41 %
0.349
clerkship , I was confident
in my role as a
student in the operating
room . ( n = 84 )
Q9 : I feel that I succeeded
3 %
24 %
74 %
0 %
5 %
95 %
0 %
24 %
76 %
0.162
in my surgery
clerkship to the best of
my abilities . ( n = 84 )
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