WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Reham Mohammed Wagdy*, Nadeem Ikram, Munnaza Aqeel Zahid, Mohammad Ashraf Balbaa, Ibrahim Ahmed Zaki, Atef Hamed Asal and Mayyadah Jamal Mheidat

ABSTRACT

Skill laboratories have an essential role in medical education as it provides equal learning opportunities for Medical students before approaching the real patient. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of skill lab training (CSL) at preclinical years on the clinical performance of final year medical students. It was Crosssectional study. Students of final year MBBS, 2018 at Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia who had been trained in the skills lab in the preclinical years were enrolled in the study. A questionnaire of 31 questions with responses on Likert Scale as strongly disagree, disagree, agree and strongly agree was conducted. Also, student?s marks of final year clinical exams regarding general surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics were compared to skill lab marks of the third preclinical.There were 25 (35.2%) male and 46 (64.8%) female students out of 78, with the mean age of 23.41 ±0.63 years. The response rate was 91%. The frequency of students who agreed on the importance of CSL at preclinical years was significantly high (p< 0.001). A significant correlation was found between the marks of basic clinical skills at the third-year medical school of those respondents and their test marks at clinical exams of main subjects? surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics & gynecology (P < 0.001, P = 0.004, P < 0.001, P= 0.008, respectively). In conclusion, early skill lab training at medical college had positive impact on clinical performance and academic achievement of final year medical student.