The impact of an Emergency Medical Technician basic course prior to medical school on medical students

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Table 1. Students’ confidence in patient care (a) and team-building (b) skills.

	Paired differences
a. Patient care skills	Mean	SD	P (two-tailed)
Approaching patients	0.5	0.71	0.05
Listening to patients	0.7	0.82	0.02*
Using appropriate body language	0.8	0.63	0.00*
Establishing rapport with patients	0.8	1.03	0.04*
Obtaining a medical history	1.4	0.84	0.00*
Using appropriate interview styles with patients	1.2	0.92	0.00*
Understanding a patient’s perspective	0.9	0.99	0.04*
Conducting a basic physical exam	1.2	1.13	0.00*
Responding to a patient’s medical issues	1.1	0.87	0.00*
Responding to a patient’s psychosocial issues	0.8	0.63	0.00*
Managing time in individual patient encounters	0.7	1.15	0.09
Identifying clinical dilemmas that require ethical decision making	1.1	1.28	0.02*
Overall conference in patient care skills	1.5	0.97	0.00*
	Paired differences
b.Team-building skills	Mean	SD	P (two-tailed)
Understanding my role and responsibilities as a medical student	1.1	0.73	0.00*
Understanding the roles and responsibilities of others	1.0	0.81	0.00*
Developing a respectful working alliance	1.3	0.82	0.00*
Setting common goals	1.0	1.10	0.01*
Understanding the strengths of different team members	0.9	0.99	0.01*
Decision-making	1.0	0.66	0.00*
Adapting to a situation	1.0	0.66	0.00*
Being flexible	0.8	1.03	0.03*
Anticipating the needs of other team members	1.2	0.63	0.00*
Prioritizing work	0.8	0.78	0.01*
Conflict management	0.6	0.69	0.02*
Trusting other team members	0.7	0.94	0.04*
Overall conference in team-building skills	0.7	0.67	0.01*

*p < 0.05.