Assessment method
failure or complications
PNEUMOTHORAX
The primary outcome was a composite learning score [Secondary outcomes included a separate analysis of each item of the composite score. During the first month of their clinical rotation, each resident recorded in a logbook the number of CVCs inserted (all access types), specifically those placed in the internal IJV. For the first insertion in the IJV, they had to report the number of attempts, insertion failure or complications (pneumothorax, arterial puncture, others) (levels 3 and 4 of the Kirkpatrick model [A reminder was sent every 2 weeks to encourage recording of clinical data and a medical book was offered as incentive to each resident who had fully completed the final questionnaire.