Medical education
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Validity of the visual analogue scale as an instrument to measure self-efficacy in resuscitation skills.
Self-efficacy is an important factor in many areas of medical education, including self-assessment and self-directed learning, but has been little studied in resuscitation training, possibly because of the lack of a simple measurement instrument. ⋯ A VAS linked to a single question appears to be a valid method of measuring self-efficacy with respect to specific well defined resuscitation tasks, but should be used with caution for multi-faceted tasks.