Medical students spend their first two years in the classroom. When they begin clinical rotations, they are often unprepared, unconfident, and apprehensive about their ability to assist in common procedures such as intubation, lumbar puncture, chest tube and central line placement.

This study contained 14 second-year medical students who were separated into four stations led by Neurocritical care faculty from the Neurology and Neurosurgery departments at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Faculty on each station discussed the risks, benefits and demonstrated the procedure on manikins. Students took turns performing each procedure under faculty guidance. Pre and post workshop surveys were distributed to medical students to evaluate workshop efficacy. Results were analyzed with a paired students’ T-Test.