Training Needs Analysis for Medical Students in Assessing Cognitive Functioning: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Research shows that medical students' knowledge and skills concerning the assessment of cognition in various neuropsychiatric conditions (e.g., Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia) are unsatisfactory. This research aims to conduct a training needs analysis (TNA) for medical students to identify and refer patients with neuropsychiatric conditions.

Methods

The study comprised two phases. First, developing a TNA toolkit to assess training needs in clinical tasks related to cognitive function assessment (by adopting the Hennessy-Hicks TNA toolkit); and second, through a self-reported survey, their training needs in cognitive function assessment were assessed. Data analysis involved calculating training gaps, importance scores, performance scores, training scores, a

SUBMITTER: Bohra A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11483722 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature