Assessing the Understanding and Perfection in Performing the Injection Techniques after Exposure to Mannequins

Abstract

Unsafe injection practices put patients and healthcare providers at risk of infectious and other complications. Giving injection by correct technique is an important skill. In the present undergraduate curriculum, teaching is based on making the medical graduates, a competent doctors and giving injections safely is a must know competency. We have given them the exposure through different methods and tried to evaluate the impact of it. Objectives: To assess the knowledge of 2nd phase MBBS students about the proper techniques of injections and to assess confidence level and skill of performing these injections. Method: After obtaining the ethical committee approval, a cross sectional questionnaire based study was conducted in the Department of Pharmacology. Undergraduate students of phase 2 MBBS were included in the study. The background and purpose of the study was explained. Information about the correct methods of different injection techniques were already provided to them by different modules - Lecture, Routes display, videos and Demonstration on mannequins. The actual training of techniques on mannequins. A predesigned, validated, structured questionnaire was used for data collection. After hands - on training, the questionnaire was applied. Data obtained was analysed with Graph pad prism 6. Results-As per the students Intravenous (52.1%) and Intramuscular (30.3%) injections are most commonly used techniques. (97.5%) say aspiration is must to confirm the needle in vein and (95.8%) appearance of bleb for intradermal injection. Tuberculosis-(77.3%) spreads with unsafe injection. Only (45.4%) think injection file should be used for ampoule cutting. Conclusion: The Students definitely showed confidence in injection techniques on mannequins. Still small number of students look confused, require more practice sessions. Attention need to be given for understanding along with the practice to reduce the misconceptions.