title: Learning procedures during house job.
abstract: House job is the important year of the clinical experience under supervision before the start of the own practice as a phsician. It is understood that clinical experience of new medical graduates are poor and they are expected to learn clinical skills by one year house job experience. Hence there is need to asess the basic clinical skills competency. A questionnaire was given to thirty house officers regrding the ten basic clinical procedures which are expected from all of them to learn and carry out independently till the end of their house jobs. They were asked to fill it up according to their competency level at the beginning and end of their jobs. The purpose of the study was to assess the competency level of the house officers individually which will provide information to the supervisors what needs attention so that remedial action can be taken in time. This study was undertaken to find out how much confidence the house officers acquire during house job in carrying out specified procedures.
authors.affiliation: Ziauddin Medical College, Ziauddin University, Karachi.
authors.forename: Sadaf
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yousuf
authors.forename: Nadeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010154:Pakistan; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires