Do medical students recognise the deteriorating patient by analysing their vital signs? A monocentric observational study based on the National Early Warning Score 2.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Assessment of the expertise of medical students in evaluating vital signs and their implications for the current risk of a patient, an appropriate monitoring frequency, and a proper clinical response.

Methods

251 second-year and 267 fifth-year medical students in a curriculum consisting of 6 years of medical school at Ulm University, Germany, were interviewed in a paper-based questionnaire. The students were asked to rate their proficiency in interpreting vital signs and to give pathological thresholds of vital signs. Based on the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2), nine vital signs of fictional patients were created and students were asked to comment on their clinical risk, to set an appropriate monitoring frequency as well as a clinical response.

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SUBMITTER: Messerer DAC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907869 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature