scholarly journals Editorial on “Comparing the Effects of Mental Imagery Rehearsal and Physical Practice on Learning Lumbar Puncture by Medical Students” by Bramson, et al.

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Lumbar Puncture ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Physical Practice ◽  
Imagery Rehearsal

Comparing the Effects of Mental Imagery Rehearsal and Physical Practice on Learning Lumbar Puncture by Medical Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Bramson ◽  
Charles W. Sanders ◽  
Mark Sadoski ◽  
Courtney West ◽  
Robert Wiprud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Lumbar Puncture ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Physical Practice ◽  
Imagery Rehearsal

Comparing the effects of physical practice and mental imagery rehearsal on learning basic surgical skills by medical students

2004 ◽  
Vol 191 (5) ◽  
pp. 1811-1814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Sanders ◽  
Mark Sadoski ◽  
Rachel Bramson ◽  
Robert Wiprud ◽  
Kim Van Walsum
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Surgical Skills ◽  
Physical Practice ◽  
Imagery Rehearsal

Comparing the Effects of Physical Practice and Mental Imagery Rehearsal on Learning Basic Venipuncture by Medical Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Sanders ◽  
Mark Sadoski ◽  
Richard M. Wasserman ◽  
Robert Wiprud ◽  
Mark English ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Clinical Skills ◽  
Clinical Skill ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychomotor Skills ◽  
Physical Practice ◽  
Lecture Demonstration ◽  
Imagery Rehearsal

Effective and efficient techniques to teach basic clinical skills are much needed in medical education. Many of these skills are psychomotor, and mental imagery rehearsal has been effective in learning psychomotor skills in many fields. We conducted a fully randomized experiment to determine if mental imagery rehearsal was effective compared with physical practice in learning venipuncture (blood drawing) skills by medical students. All participants first received a lecture-demonstration on venipuncture and 30 minutes of guided physical practice on artificial plastic arms. One treatment group received an additional 30 minutes of such practice. Another treatment group received a 30-minute session of guided imagery. A control group received no additional training. Both treatment groups demonstrated improved performance on a live venipuncture compared to the control group and did not significantly differ from each other. Hence, imagery rehearsal offers a very cost-effective method of learning this basic clinical skill.

Efficacy of Mental Imagery in Enhancing Mental Rehearsal of Motor Skills

1982 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Dean Ryan ◽  
Jeff Simons
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Single Session ◽  
Physical Practice ◽  
Mental Rehearsal ◽  
Learning Improvement ◽  
Better Than

To investigate the mental imagery aspect of mental rehearsal, 80 male traffic officers from the California Highway Patrol learned a novel balancing task during a single session. Based on a pretest questionnaire, subjects were categorized as imagers, nonimagers, or occasional imagers and assigned to one of six groups accordingly: imagers asked to use imagery in mental rehearsal, imagers asked to try not to use imagery, nonimagers asked not to use imagery, nonimagers asked to try to use imagery, physical practice, or no practice. It was hypothesized that a person's preferred cognitive style would prove most effective for use in mental rehearsal and that using another style would cause a decrement in learning. Improvement scores indicated no differences between subjects who initially reported typically using imagery and those reported typically not using it, but groups asked to use imagery in mental rehearsal were superior to those asked not to (p<.001). Overall, physical practice was better than the grouped mental rehearsal conditions, and both were better than no practice. Subjects reporting strong visual imagery were superior to those with weak visual images (p<.03), and those reporting strong kinesthetic imagery were superior to those with weak kinesthetic images (p<.03). Regardless of one's typical cognitive style, the use of vivid imagery appears quite important for enhancement of motor performance through mental rehearsal.

scholarly journals Using Learner-Centered, Simulation-Based Training to Improve Medical Students’ Procedural Skills

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 238212051668482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serkan Toy ◽  
Robert SF McKay ◽  
James L Walker ◽  
Scott Johnson ◽  
Jacob L Arnett
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Lumbar Puncture ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Central Line ◽  
Arterial Line ◽  
Procedural Skills ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Line Placement ◽  
Simulation Based

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of a learner-centered, simulation-based training developed to help medical students improve their procedural skills in intubation, arterial line placement, lumbar puncture, and central line insertion. Method: The study participants were second and third year medical students. Anesthesiology residents provided the training and evaluated students’ procedural skills. Two residents were present at each station to train the medical students who rotated through all 4 stations. Pre/posttraining assessment of confidence, knowledge, and procedural skills was done using a survey, a multiple-choice test, and procedural checklists, respectively. Results: In total, 24 students were trained in six 4-hour sessions. Students reported feeling significantly more confident, after training, in performing all 4 procedures on a real patient ( P < .001). Paired-samples t tests indicated statistically significant improvement in knowledge scores for intubation, t(23) = −2.92, P < .001, and arterial line placement, t(23) = −2.75, P < .001. Procedural performance scores for intubation ( t(23) = −17.29, P < .001), arterial line placement ( t(23) = −19.75, P < .001), lumbar puncture ( t(23) = −16.27, P < .001), and central line placement ( t(23) = −17.25, P < .001) showed significant improvement. Intraclass correlation coefficients indicated high reliability in checklist scores for all procedures. Conclusions: The simulation sessions allowed each medical student to receive individual attention from 2 residents for each procedure. Students’ written comments indicated that this training modality was well received. Results showed that medical students improved their self-confidence, knowledge, and skills in the aforementioned procedures.

Visuomotor Behavior Rehearsal in Archery Shooting Performance

1991 ◽  
Vol 73 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1183-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannis Zervas ◽  
Vassilis Kakkos
Keyword(s):  
Program Analysis ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Physical Practice ◽  
Visuomotor Behavior ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Imagery Rehearsal

To examine the effect of visuomotor behavior rehearsal on archers' shooting performance two groups of athletes were tested, one experimental and one control. The experimental group of 9 received a specifically designed program which included relaxation conditions and imagery rehearsal. The control group of 9 received only physical practice. Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2 was used to measure the precompetitive state anxiety and self-confidence. Self-reports were used to evaluate the intermediate effectiveness of the program. Analysis showed no significant changes from pre- to posttest shooting scores. No significant changes were observed in sport-specific state anxiety. Significant changes were found on the tense-relaxed scale administered before and after the relaxation program.

Mental Imagery Combined with Physical Practice of Approach Shots for Golf Beginners

2005 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Brouziyne ◽  
C. Molinaro
Keyword(s):  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Mental Training ◽  
Physical Practice ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Teaching Technique ◽  
Sporting Activities ◽  
The University

Recent research on motor skills of golf have pointed to the usefulness of mental imagery. In golf, such training is rarely used as a teaching technique for beginners on the grounds that only top professionals stand to gain from mental imagery. This study tested whether mental imagery combined with physical practice can improve golf performance for the approach shot. 23 volunteer beginners, 8 women and 15 men, M age 23.4 yr. ( SD = 3.7), enrolled in the University Physical and Sporting Activities Department, were divided into three groups, using a combination of physical practice of the approach shot plus mental imagery, physical practice only, and a third group engaging in various sporting activities instead of either mental or physical practice of the chip shot. Analysis showed that the beginners' approach shot performance improved most in the group combining physical practice and mental imagery when compared with the group just physically practising the approach shot. It seems mental training can be used effectively to improve performance even with beginners.

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