the effect of formal training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) skills on medical students perceived self-sufficiency

background: experience of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) in real clinical setting is not easily possible for all medical students. purpose: to assess medical student perceived self-sufficiency on three procedural skill on internship courses after they had taken a training course in clerkship period. methods: forty three medical students who had attended a workshop on cpr, tracheal intubations and venopuncture answered the questionnaires on their perceived self-sufficiency in performing these procedures after serving a few months as interns. results: the mean score for perceived self-sufficiency (pss) was 75.84 (􀁲18.63).thre were a high correlation between the score given for the applicability of training in real life situation and the stress reduction scores on first time performing the procedure. conclusion: the high degree of correlation between pss scores and applicability scores, may warrant the consideration of new methods in procedural skills.