Gaps in Medical Students' Competencies to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence in Key Mozambican Medical Schools
Purpose: The researchers aimed to identify the gaps in competencies designed to help medical students to deal with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in key Mozambican medical schools curricula.Method: A survey was administered to 3rd and 6th-year medical students (N387), enrolled in five medical schoo...
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| author | Beatriz Manuel Beatriz Manuel Kristien Roelens Armindo Tiago Ines Keygnaert Martin Valcke |
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| description | Purpose: The researchers aimed to identify the gaps in competencies designed to help medical students to deal with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in key Mozambican medical schools curricula.Method: A survey was administered to 3rd and 6th-year medical students (N387), enrolled in five medical schools in Mozambique. The instrument focused on mapping students' perceived mastery of their knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to IPV.Results: In total, 387 medical students (RR 66%) participated in the survey. The overall mean perceived mastery of IPV competence was 36.18 (SD = 24.52) for knowledge, 32.01 (SD = 27.37) for skills, and 43.47 (SD = 27.58) for attitudes. Though 6th-year students reported a significantly higher mastery level, it is still below a mastery-learning benchmark of 80%.Conclusions: Medical students report critically low levels in their mastery of IPV- related competencies. This implies a need for a more comprehensive approach to developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes to deal with the victims of IPV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-869f482e8b134c1a942f2177c5f0766e2022-12-21T18:39:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652019-07-01710.3389/fpubh.2019.00204459157Gaps in Medical Students' Competencies to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence in Key Mozambican Medical SchoolsBeatriz Manuel0Beatriz Manuel1Kristien Roelens2Armindo Tiago3Ines Keygnaert4Martin Valcke5Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, MozambiqueDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, MozambiqueDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Educational Studies, Ghent University, Ghent, BelgiumPurpose: The researchers aimed to identify the gaps in competencies designed to help medical students to deal with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in key Mozambican medical schools curricula.Method: A survey was administered to 3rd and 6th-year medical students (N387), enrolled in five medical schools in Mozambique. The instrument focused on mapping students' perceived mastery of their knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to IPV.Results: In total, 387 medical students (RR 66%) participated in the survey. The overall mean perceived mastery of IPV competence was 36.18 (SD = 24.52) for knowledge, 32.01 (SD = 27.37) for skills, and 43.47 (SD = 27.58) for attitudes. Though 6th-year students reported a significantly higher mastery level, it is still below a mastery-learning benchmark of 80%.Conclusions: Medical students report critically low levels in their mastery of IPV- related competencies. This implies a need for a more comprehensive approach to developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes to deal with the victims of IPV.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00204/fullintimate partner violencemedical educationmedical studentscompetenciesMozambican medical curricula |
| spellingShingle | Beatriz Manuel Beatriz Manuel Kristien Roelens Armindo Tiago Ines Keygnaert Martin Valcke Gaps in Medical Students' Competencies to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence in Key Mozambican Medical Schools Frontiers in Public Health intimate partner violence medical education medical students competencies Mozambican medical curricula |
| title | Gaps in Medical Students' Competencies to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence in Key Mozambican Medical Schools |
| title_full | Gaps in Medical Students' Competencies to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence in Key Mozambican Medical Schools |
| title_fullStr | Gaps in Medical Students' Competencies to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence in Key Mozambican Medical Schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gaps in Medical Students' Competencies to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence in Key Mozambican Medical Schools |
| title_short | Gaps in Medical Students' Competencies to Deal With Intimate Partner Violence in Key Mozambican Medical Schools |
| title_sort | gaps in medical students competencies to deal with intimate partner violence in key mozambican medical schools |
| topic | intimate partner violence medical education medical students competencies Mozambican medical curricula |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00204/full |
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