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A survey of anesthesia residents′ proficiency in epidural puncture and training needs in China
Qing Yuan, Yuda Fei, Yu Zhang, Xia Ruan, Xulei Cui, Gang Tan, Jie Yi, Yuguang Huang
Published 2019-05-20
Cite as Chin J Anesthesiol, 2019, 39(5): 522-525. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-1416.2019.05.003
Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate the anesthesia residents′ proficiency in the epidural puncture and training needs using questionnaire survey in China.
MethodsA questionnaire designed by ourselves was sent to anesthesia residents via the WeChat platform within 1 month.The data were recorded by the system automatically.
ResultsA total of 795 anesthesia residents involved in the investigation, and the number of valid questionnaires was 753 (94.7%). There were 233 (30.9%) junior residents (0-2 yr of training), 279 (37.1%) semi-senior residents (3-5 yr of training), and 241 (32.0%) senior residents (>5 yr of training). Compared with junior group, the difficulty score for epidural puncture was significantly decreased, and the confidence scores for performing normal middle lumbar, difficult lumbar, lateral lumbar and thoracic epidural puncture were increased in semi-senior and senior groups (P<0.05). Compared with semi-senior group, the difficulty score for epidural puncture was significantly decreased, and the confidence scores for performing normal middle lumbar, difficult lumbar, lateral lumbar and thoracic epidural puncture were increased in senior group (P<0.05). The self-evaluated difficulty of epidural puncture was lower as the number of prior epidural cases was more (r=-0.719, P<0.01). There were 46.6% of the residents who had received simulation-based training before performing epidural puncture on the patient, among which most residents considered the simulation-based training is effective in helping to familiarize with procedure (77.2%), familiarize with anatomy (70.4%), simulate the texture of different layers (47.9%), and enhance success rate of epidural puncture (56.7%). There were 75.0% residents who considered visualization technology is helpful in enhancing the success rate and confidence of epidural puncture.
ConclusionCurrently, the proficiency of junior anesthesia residents in epidural puncture needs to be strengthened.The simulation-based training has not been widely applied in the epidural training, while residents think high of simulation-based training and are looking forward to visualization technique training.
Key words:
Questionaires; Epidural puncture; Simulation-based training
Contributor Information
Qing Yuan
Department of Anesthesiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences &
Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Yuda Fei
Yu Zhang
Xia Ruan
Xulei Cui
Gang Tan
Jie Yi
Yuguang Huang