Chinese Journal of Medical Education ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (12): 1115-1118.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn115259-20220507-00588

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A study on the effect of CPR training for new students in a medical school

Sun Yujie, Feng Di, Zhang Yang   

  1. Education Center for Clinical Skills Practice, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
  • Received:2022-05-07 Online:2022-12-01 Published:2022-11-28
  • Contact: Zhang Yang, Email: zhangyang@cmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Major Program for China Medical University ″14th Five-Year Plan″ First Batch Medical Education Scientific Research Open Project (YDJK2021031)

Abstract: Objective To investigate the current state of CPR awareness and CPR mastery of a medical school and to provide reference for curriculum improvement. Methods In November 2021, CPR skills training was conducted for all 2021 freshmen of China Medical University. And in January 2022, a stratified equal proportion sampling method was used to select 1 117 students for a questionnaire survey to investigate the training effect. The χ2test was used to compare the differences of CPR awareness and the degree of mastery of each step of the operation among students of different majors. Results Respectively 87.9%(362/412), 88.6%(147/166), 75.0%(123/164), 76.5%(176/230) and 84.8%(123/145) of students among majors of clinical medicine, special clinical medicine, nursing, other medicine, and non-medicine thought that universal CPR was very necessary, the difference was statistically significant (χ2=25.48,P<0.001); 80.5%(899/1 117), 71.9%(803/1 117), 95.2%(1 063/1 117), 86.9%(971/1 117) and 89.5%(1 000/1 117) of students knew very well or basically knew activating emergency response system, chest compression, opening airway, and manual ventilation, respectively,the difference was statistically significant (χ2=276.97,P<0.001); 84.5%(944/1 117) of the students were concerned about their lack of ability to respond to strangers, and 67.1%(749/1 117) of the students wanted to be trained in leadership skills in the face of emergencies. Conclusions The new students of class 2021 generally agree with the necessity of promoting CPR, but the level of awareness about it needs to be improved. Students were basically able to master the operation of CPR, with differences in the mastery of each step. It is recommended to strengthen the teaching of CPR-related knowledge for new students in medical schools, without neglecting each step.

Key words: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Practice skills, Medical students, New students, Cognition, Investigation

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