About this trial
SObjective and Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) has been incorporated recently in the certification process as a final national undergraduate ranking examination. This exam is an additional major stressor for medical students.
The aim of this study was to compare the efficiency on stress reduction of a standardized relaxing breathing occuring during rotation of the OSCE stations just before the start of the next upcoming OSCE station, in medical student, during the OSCE.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
all volontary medical students of the second cycle that came for their exam during the sessions of June 2024 from the University of Lyon (Medecine ESt)
Disqualifiers
no exclusion criteria
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Intervention of standardized relaxing breathing
BehavioralRelaxing breathing standardized to 6 respiratory cycles per minute that occur during rotation time before next station of OSCE start
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
PERFORMANCE
Score at the objectif structured clinical examination exam from 0 minimum to 200 points maximum
Secondary outcomes
Mean Difference of Inner Resource
Numerical Visual analog score on inner resource available perceived (from 0 to 100 : maximum)
Mean difference of perceived impact of the intervention on performance
Numerical Visual analog scales on perceived impact of the intervention on performance (from zero: negative to 100: positive)
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