• Farhad Etezadi, Atabak Najafi, Pejman Pourfakhr, Reza Shariat Moharari, Reza KhajaviMohammadMDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Sina Hospital, Tehran, Iran., Farsad Imani, and Gilda Barzin.
• Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Sina Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
• Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Dec 1; 6 (6): e39184.

BackgroundThe goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of intubation skill training involving the use of mannequins on novice anesthesiology residents in a knowledge, attitudes, and practices designed study in which three different types of evaluation were implemented.MethodsAll first-year anesthesiology residents (24) of Sina Hospital, affiliated to the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, were invited to participate in an intubating skills training course. The program comprised two theoretical and three practical sessions, lasting a total of 16 hours over four days. Faculty assessment of residents' practices was carried out using the questionnaire results, measured using a Likert scale, as the primary outcome. An improvement in the theoretical knowledge of the novice anesthesiology residents (using the Likert scale) and their attitudes towards the educational course in general (via a multiple choice question examination), were also evaluated.ResultsThe mean score following faculty assessment of the residents' practical skills was 4.6 out of 5.0 (92%) [standard deviation (SD) of 0.13]. The mean score with respect to the attitudes of the residents was 4.8 out of 5.0 (96%) (SD of 0.16). The overall mean theoretical score of the residents improved significantly upon completion of the training program (P = 0.001).ConclusionsOur results suggest that the personnel in the five participating faculties were highly satisfied with the practical performance of the residents, who were found to hold good attitudes towards the program as a whole.

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