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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Healthcare Professional Training

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  • Basic Life Support (BLS) skills are critical for patient outcomes but often sub-optimal even after training.
  • Effective methods to enhance practical skills acquisition and retention in medical education are highly sought after.
  • Reflective practice is a promising pedagogical approach for improving learning outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of a brief reflective practice intervention on BLS skill performance and self-confidence.
  • To determine if reflective practice enhances the acquisition and retention of BLS skills among medical students.

Main Methods:

  • 287 first-year medical students received either standard BLS training or standard training plus a 15-minute reflective practice session.
  • Objective BLS performance (compression effectiveness, response time) and self-reported confidence were assessed immediately post-training (T0) and one week later (T1).
  • A two-way mixed ANOVA was used to analyze the effects of the intervention on performance and confidence.

Main Results:

  • The reflective practice group demonstrated significantly more effective chest compressions at T1 compared to the control group.
  • Intervention participants initiated chest compressions significantly faster at both T0 and T1.
  • No significant differences in self-reported confidence to perform BLS were found between the groups.

Conclusions:

  • A short, cost-effective reflective practice exercise integrated with standard BLS training can improve skill acquisition and retention.
  • Reflective practice holds potential for enhancing practical skills training in medical education.
  • Further research is needed to explore the broader applicability of reflective practice in medical training.