Lima GV, Chávez RG

Language: Spanish
References: 11
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ABSTRACT

Background. Trauma training is not considered essential in medicine; and intern general practitioners can be the first hospital contact with an injured patient. Method. A questionnaire was applied to identify the degree of basic trauma knowledge in ending intern general practitioners; mean, standard deviation and 95% confidence intervals were determined. Grades (o to 100) were compared between interns who had attended trauma classes and those who had not, and between interns who considered themselves qualified to manage an injured patient and those who did not, using Student’s t test. Results. Fifty-one questionnaires were applied; average grade was 48.6 (SD ± 8.65, 95% CI 47.46 to 49.88); 74.5% referred having attended classes; 19.6% considered themselves qualified to manage trauma and had a statistically higher mark than those who did not (53.5 vs. 47.5, p = 0.047), but below the passing grade. Discussion. Average grade was not a promoting one. Regardless of having attended trauma classes or not, only a fifth of the intern general practitioners considered themselves qualified to manage an injured patient. These results show an opportunity area in trauma medical education that must be covered.

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