医学学生在高发病率地区对Mpox的了解和看法:对临床准备的含义
Jake Nusynowitz1, Lily Jamneshan1, Nana Aisha Garba1
1Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, FL.
PRiMER (Leawood, Kan.)
|December 27, 2023
概括
医学学生报告说,他们对mopox的了解很差,并没有准备好识别症状. LGBTQ+学生认为风险和知识更高,强调需要改善有关新兴流行病的医学教育.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
- 公共卫生紧急情况 公共卫生紧急情况
背景情况:
- 莫博克斯 (以前的麻疹) 在2022年8月被宣布为美国的公共卫生紧急情况.
- 有限的数据存在于医疗提供者的知识和mopox. mpox的看法.
- 南佛罗里达州的POPOX发病率很高,这促使当地进行调查.
研究的目的:
- 评估医学学生对mpox.的认识和态度.
- 为了评估人口群体之间的mopox风险感知差异.
主要方法:
- 一项匿名调查分发给迈阿密一所机构的医学学生.
- 数据收集发生在2022年9月至10月.
- 统计分析比较了异性恋和LGBTQ+群体以及临床前和临床学生之间的反应.
主要成果:
- 在480名医学学生中,有35%的学生做出了回应;88.1%的人不担心mpox.
- 大多数学生认为个人风险低,但LGBTQ+学生报告风险更高.
- 72%的受访者表示,他们对mopox的认识很差,76.2%的受访者表示,他们对识别症状缺乏信心.
结论:
- 医学专业的学生觉得自己没有充分的准备来识别mopox的症状.
- 在LGBTQ+学生中,感知风险和知识的差异可能反映了公众信息偏见.
- 将新兴流行病教育纳入医学课程,对于高质量的患者护理至关重要.
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