Knowledge of Emergency Medical Management among Medical Students
Journal Title: GCSMC Journal of Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Emergency Medical Management is the key to reduce the mortality and morbidity to a huge extent. Unfortunately, that is a medical facet largely unattended to, by the service providers in developing countries like India. With the aid of this research, an attempt was made to find the prevalence of emergency medical management knowledge among the upcoming doctors. Aim: To evaluate the knowledge of emergency medical management among the undergraduate medical students. Methodology: The study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital attached with a medical college, at one of the cities of the Western part of India. The study was conducted during the period of April 2016 to July 2016; with a sample size of 200, through a convenient sampling among the undergraduate students. The questionnaire was made, including pre-tested questions in three categories A, B, C - "Must to know", "Desirable to know" ,"Good to know" for 1, 1.5, 2 points respectively. The questionnaire was distributed among students, answered and analysis was done according to the categories of questions, applying appropriate statistical tests. According to points obtained, the individual student's performance was categorized as poor, average and good. Results: Among all the 200 students, 75 (37.5%) students had poor knowledge, 110 (55%) had average knowledge and 15 (7.5%) had good knowledge. Among 1st year students, 50% had poor and only 2.5% had good knowledge. While among the students doing internship, only 30% had good knowledge. Among the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students, 15%, 12.5% and 7.5% had poor knowledge, respectively. Conclusion: Interns and final year students had comparatively better knowledge than other students. But less than 1/3rd of students doing internship had good knowledge, which is not sufficient enough to provide the emergency medical management approach to the community.
Authors and Affiliations
Krutarth Pandya, Khushali Parikh, Krishna Khamar, Krupali Kothari, Khushbu Sagparia
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