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Procedural skill acquisition is fundamental to medical education, yet training opportunities are increasingly constrained. Mental imagery, a cognitive rehearsal method shown to enhance psychomotor performance in various domains, has gained attention in medical training as a low-cost, safe tool to improve technical proficiency. Evidence remains limited and heterogeneous. Specifically, its application to peripheral venous catheter (PVC) insertion, a frequent and essential clinical procedure, has scarcely been studied.Methods
In this single-center, open-label, randomized controlled simulation trial, fifth-year medical students from Nîmes University Medical School were randomized to either a mental imagery or control group prior to a simulated PVC insertion on a ma"],"journal":["Perspectives on medical education"],"pagination":["176-184"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12922665"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Mental Imagery to Enhance Procedural Skills in Peripheral Venous Catheterization: A Randomized Simulation Study in Medical Students."],"pmcid":["PMC12922665"],"pubmed_authors":["Mezzarobba M","Saadi L","Boulet N","Morin D","Roger C","Nairv H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mental Imagery to Enhance Procedural Skills in Peripheral Venous Catheterization: A Randomized Simulation Study in Medical Students.","description":"Introduction
Procedural skill acquisition is fundamental to medical education, yet training opportunities are increasingly constrained. Mental imagery, a cognitive rehearsal method shown to enhance psychomotor performance in various domains, has gained attention in medical training as a low-cost, safe tool to improve technical proficiency. Evidence remains limited and heterogeneous. Specifically, its application to peripheral venous catheter (PVC) insertion, a frequent and essential clinical procedure, has scarcely been studied.Methods
In this single-center, open-label, randomized controlled simulation trial, fifth-year medical students from Nîmes University Medical School were randomized to either a mental imagery or control group prior to a simulated PVC insertion on a ma","dates":{"release":"2026-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2026","modification":"2026-07-09T12:26:56.814Z","creation":"2026-07-09T11:17:41.658Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12922665","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41726258"],"doi":["10.5334/pme.2069"]}}