title: Feasibility and acceptability of direct observation of procedural skills to improve procedural skills.
abstract: Procedural skill learning is usually unobserved during post graduate training. This study is an attempt to evaluate feasibility and acceptability of direct observation of procedural skills in a medical school in Northern India for postgraduates in Pediatrics. Eighty procedures performed by 15 trainees were observed by 9 faculty members. Seven of nine assessors considered direct observation to be feasible and non-intrusive in their routine clinical and teaching schedule while 5 out of 9 felt that it was time consuming. All fifteen trainees felt that direct observation enhanced their procedural skills and wished it to be extended to all procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. shaveta.sandeep@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shaveta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kundra
authors.forename: Tejinder
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India