results most dental students had cavity preparation, handwriting and drawing skills above the average. a significant correlation was found between drawing and tooth preparation skills (p < 0.05). background acquiring fine psychomotor skills is challenging for dental students. objectives this study aimed to assess the correlation of cavity preparation skills with drawing skills and handwriting o...

background: children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/developmental coordination disorder (adhd/dcd) suffer from problems associated with gross and fine motor skills. there is no effective pharmacological therapy for such patients. we aimed to assess the impact of methylphenidate (mph) on motor performance of children with adhd/dcd. methods: in this double-blind placebo-controlled,...

To begin to address the problem of psychomotor skills deficiencies observed in many new graduate nurses, a skills laboratory course was developed using a web-enhanced approach. In this quasi-experimental study, the control group attended weekly lectures, observed skill demonstrations by faculty, practiced skills, and were evaluated on skill performance. The experimental group learned course con...

BACKGROUND There is a growing perception that the left handed (LH) medical students are facing difficulties while performing the clinical tasks that involve psychomotor skill, although the evidence is very limited and diverse. The present study aimed to evaluate the clinical psychomotor skills among Right-handed (RH) and left-handed (LH) medical students. METHODS For this study, 54 (27 left h...

Psychomotor skills provide a capability to learners to perform a task with reasonable competence. Various levels of competencies in psychomotor skills are Imitation / Observation, Manipulation, Precision /Competent, Articulation / consolidation and Naturalization & Mastery. In Engineering education psychomotor skills form a very important set of skills that need to be acquired by the students t...

BACKGROUND Partial weight bearing is thought to avoid excessive loading that may interfere with the healing process after surgery of the pelvis or the lower extremity. The object of this study was to investigate the relationship between the ability to partially weight bear and the patient's psychomotor skills and an additional evaluation of the possibility to predict this ability with a standar...