Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study
Rafat Mohammed Mosalli,1,2 Ahmed Hafez Mousa,3 Asim Muhammed Alshanberi,3,4 Mohammed A Almatrafi2 1Department of Pediatrics, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pediatrics, Um Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia; 3College of Medicine, Batterjee Medical College, Jedda...
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| description | Rafat Mohammed Mosalli,1,2 Ahmed Hafez Mousa,3 Asim Muhammed Alshanberi,3,4 Mohammed A Almatrafi2 1Department of Pediatrics, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pediatrics, Um Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia; 3College of Medicine, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Community Medicine and Pilgrims Health Care, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Ahmed Hafez Mousa, College of Medicine, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966 548458786, Email drahmedhafezmousa@gmail.comBackground: Palliative care is the branch of medicine which has a target of setting focus on the improvement of the quality of life of patients, particularly toward their end of life, such as cases of terminal diseases with low prognosis. Despite growing recognition of the importance of palliative care, a gap remains in medical education. Our study aims to evaluate the current level of knowledge of medical students in regard to palliative care.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, through a period of three months from December 2021 to March 2022.Results: A total of 254 students participated in our study. Psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient alongside definition of palliative care were perceived the most important by the students with a mean score of 3.9 each.Conclusion: Our study concludes that there is an overall lack of confidence among medical students in providing palliative care. We recommend further enhancement and implementation of palliative care as part of undergraduate mandatory courses.Keywords: medical education, palliative care, undergraduate education, end of life care, medical students, curriculum improvement |
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| spelling | doaj.art-167f8451e495440b9a0931ccf02b0df62022-12-22T03:59:37ZengDove Medical PressAdvances in Medical Education and Practice1179-72582022-08-01Volume 1389390177511Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional StudyMosalli RMMousa AHAlshanberi AMAlmatrafi MARafat Mohammed Mosalli,1,2 Ahmed Hafez Mousa,3 Asim Muhammed Alshanberi,3,4 Mohammed A Almatrafi2 1Department of Pediatrics, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pediatrics, Um Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia; 3College of Medicine, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Community Medicine and Pilgrims Health Care, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Ahmed Hafez Mousa, College of Medicine, Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966 548458786, Email drahmedhafezmousa@gmail.comBackground: Palliative care is the branch of medicine which has a target of setting focus on the improvement of the quality of life of patients, particularly toward their end of life, such as cases of terminal diseases with low prognosis. Despite growing recognition of the importance of palliative care, a gap remains in medical education. Our study aims to evaluate the current level of knowledge of medical students in regard to palliative care.Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, through a period of three months from December 2021 to March 2022.Results: A total of 254 students participated in our study. Psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient alongside definition of palliative care were perceived the most important by the students with a mean score of 3.9 each.Conclusion: Our study concludes that there is an overall lack of confidence among medical students in providing palliative care. We recommend further enhancement and implementation of palliative care as part of undergraduate mandatory courses.Keywords: medical education, palliative care, undergraduate education, end of life care, medical students, curriculum improvementhttps://www.dovepress.com/evaluation-of-medical-students-knowledge-on-palliative-care-a-single-i-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEPmedical educationpalliative careundergraduate educationend of life caremedical studentscurriculum improvement |
| spellingShingle | Mosalli RM Mousa AH Alshanberi AM Almatrafi MA Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study Advances in Medical Education and Practice medical education palliative care undergraduate education end of life care medical students curriculum improvement |
| title | Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study |
| title_full | Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study |
| title_short | Evaluation of Medical Students’ Knowledge on Palliative Care: A Single Institution Cross-sectional Study |
| title_sort | evaluation of medical students rsquo knowledge on palliative care a single institution cross sectional study |
| topic | medical education palliative care undergraduate education end of life care medical students curriculum improvement |
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