Clinical psychomotor skills among left and right handed medical students: are the left-handed medical students left out?

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 handed and 27 right handed) first year medical students were selected.