ToAnalyzeBladderCatheterizationProceduralSkillsAcquisitionAmongStudentsByUsingPeyton’s4StepApproachVersusConventionalMethodOfTeaching

Background: Conventional method of teaching(CMT) fail to assure competency in bladder catheterization (BC) in the Indian Medical Graduate (IMG).Introduction of structured training like Peyton's 4 steps (DDCP) could offer a solution.Objectives: To compare efficiency of Demonstration, Deconstruction, and Comprehension and Execution (DDCP) method of training in a skill lab against Conventional Method of Teaching (CMT)-based learning in training final MBBS students in the psychomotor skill to safely perform Bladder Catheterization.Materials and Methods: It was a randomized comparative study in which final MBBS students fulfilling selection criteria were randomly allocated into two comparable groups.One group underwent skill lab training using DDCP method while the other group underwent training using a CMT by the same instructor.All participants underwent assessment of skill in BC by skill lab OSCE evaluation, by assessors blinded to the participant's method of training.Data were recorded and analyzed using standard statistical software.Trial evaluation from the trial groups was obtained using Survey Monkey tool.Results: There was no statistically significant difference in the ability of DDCP group or CMT group to safely perform BC though a higher level of confidence was expressed with their training by DDCP group. Conclusion:Structured training assures competence.Video-assisted training produces comparable results though DDCP method is preferred by students.A combination of the techniques may facilitate optimal training.