Refreshing iv cannulation skills using mental imagery in medical students: Rater-blinded three-arm intervention

Author(s):  
Joana Berger
2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Bramson ◽  
Charles W. Sanders ◽  
Mark Sadoski ◽  
Courtney West ◽  
Robert Wiprud ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 191 (5) ◽  
pp. 1811-1814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Sanders ◽  
Mark Sadoski ◽  
Rachel Bramson ◽  
Robert Wiprud ◽  
Kim Van Walsum

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles W. Sanders ◽  
Mark Sadoski ◽  
Richard M. Wasserman ◽  
Robert Wiprud ◽  
Mark English ◽  
...  

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.


1984 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 653-658
Author(s):  
MM Walsh ◽  
R Hannebrink ◽  
B Heckman

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan S Nguyen-Van-Tam ◽  
Richard F A Logan ◽  
Sarah A E Logan ◽  
Jennifer S Mindell

2001 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Aktekin ◽  
Taha Karaman ◽  
Yesim Yigiter Senol ◽  
Sukru Erdem ◽  
Hakan Erengin ◽  
...  

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document