Are medical students adequately prepared to provide quality care for patients with epilepsy? A cross-sectional study of their knowledge and attitude.
Epilepsy Behav
; 120: 107976, 2021 07.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study assessed preparedness of Palestinian medical students as future physicians to care for patients with epilepsy through assessing their knowledge and attitude.METHODS:
The current study was conducted in a cross-sectional design. A pre-validated study tool was used to collect sociodemographic and academic details of the students, test their knowledge using a 16-item test, and test their attitude using a 13-item test.RESULTS:
A total of 386 medical students completed the study tool. The median knowledge score was 75.0% (range 62.5% to 87.5%). The median attitude score was 81.5% (range 73.8% to 89.2%). Knowledge and attitude scores correlated positively (Spearman's rhoâ¯=â¯0.25, p-valueâ¯<â¯0.001). Students who were in their clinical training stage (ORâ¯=â¯4.22, 95% CI of 2.54 to 7.01), who had received a course/part of a course on epilepsy (ORâ¯=â¯2.55, 95% CI of 1.26 to 5.17), who perceived their knowledge of epilepsy as moderate (ORâ¯=â¯3.14, 95% CI of 1.87 to 5.28), and those who perceived their knowledge of epilepsy as high (ORâ¯=â¯11.91, 95% CI of 2.47 to 57.41) were more likely to scoreâ¯≥â¯70% in the knowledge test compared to those who were in their basic training stage, who had not received a course/part of a course on epilepsy, and who perceived their knowledge of epilepsy as low, respectively.CONCLUSION:
Findings of the current investigation may indicate that inclusion of courses on epilepsy early in the medical curriculum might promote knowledge of medical students with regard to epilepsy.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Epilepsia
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epilepsy Behav
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article