title: [Newly formed French residents in pediatrics are not well prepared for conducting pediatric resuscitation after medical school].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical schools aim to prepare medical students for their residency responsibilities. However, in France, there is no assessment of medical students' skills when they start their residency.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to assess the quality of basic life support delivered by first-year residents in pediatrics during a simulated pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest.
  
  
  METHODS
  First-year residents in pediatrics were assessed during a simulated pediatric cardiopulmonary arrest. Their performance score (based on adherence to international guidelines) and no-flow and no-blow fractions were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two first-year residents were evaluated. Their median performance score was 4 out of 13. No-blow and no-flow fractions were 55 and 81 %, respectively. There was no correlation between their skills and their knowledge assessed during the national ranking exam at the end of the 6th year of medical school.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At the beginning of their residency, pediatric residents are not able to properly provide basic life support. The introduction of simulation in French medical schools may be an effective way to improve their skills.
authors.affiliation: Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drummond
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences pédiatriques, hôpital Trousseau, AP-HP, HUEP26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arnaud
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie pédiatrique, hôpital Trousseau, AP-HP, HUEP, 26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thouvenin
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences pédiatriques, hôpital Trousseau, AP-HP, HUEP26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guedj
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne universités, UPMC - université Paris 06, Paris, groupe PEPITE, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duguet
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences pédiatriques, hôpital Trousseau, AP-HP, HUEP26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Suremain
authors.affiliation: Service d'hémato-oncologie pédiatrique, hôpital Trousseau, AP-HP, HUEP, 26, avenue du Dr-Arnold-Netter, 75012 Paris, France; Sorbonne universités, UPMC - université Paris 06, Paris, groupe PEPITE, 75005 Paris, France. Electronic address: arnaud.petit@trs.aphp.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petit
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires