.The Impact of Information Seminar on Breast Cancer Awareness among the Medical and Nursing Students
Objective: To determine the impact of the information seminar on breast cancer awareness among the medical and nursing students of CMH institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) Multan Pakistan. Study Design: Prospective Comparative Study. Place and Duration of Study: One-day seminar at CMH Institu...
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Army Medical College Rawalpindi
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Objective: To determine the impact of the information seminar on breast cancer awareness among the medical and nursing students of CMH institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) Multan Pakistan.
Study Design: Prospective Comparative Study.
Place and Duration of Study: One-day seminar at CMH Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) Multan Pakistan.
Methodology: A one-day seminar on breast cancer awareness was arranged at CMH Institute of Medical Sciences Multan Pakistan for 3rd and 4th-year MBBS and 3rd-year BSc Nursing students. A total of 137 participants were recruited. Participants were selected by non-probability consecutive sampling. A validated 13-question questionnaire was designed to assess participants' basic knowledge of breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE).
Results: The mean age of participants was 21.27±0.99 years. 30(21.9%) were males and 107(78.1%) were female students.Before the seminar, approximately half of the students were correct about the demographics and presentation of breast cancer which increased to more than 80% in all avenues post-seminar (p<0.001). The most significant improvement was the correct responses regarding the age at which BSE should begin. Its frequency and correct technique pre-seminar were 75(54.7%),51(37.2%) and 23(16.8%), which in post-seminar were 98(71.5%), 106(77.4%) and 75(54.7%) respectively (p<0.001).
Conclusion: This one-day educational seminar played a significant role in increasing awareness among medical and nursing students.
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| spelling | doaj.art-926ce4d8d931436ab43274e649cb5bd22023-01-31T08:20:05ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422022-12-0172610.51253/pafmj.v72i6.3176.The Impact of Information Seminar on Breast Cancer Awareness among the Medical and Nursing StudentsMuhammad Nadeem0Nayab Khan1Iftikhar Ahmed Satti2Combined Military Hospital Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanCombined Military Hospital /National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanCombined Military Hospital Multan/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Pakistan Objective: To determine the impact of the information seminar on breast cancer awareness among the medical and nursing students of CMH institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) Multan Pakistan. Study Design: Prospective Comparative Study. Place and Duration of Study: One-day seminar at CMH Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) Multan Pakistan. Methodology: A one-day seminar on breast cancer awareness was arranged at CMH Institute of Medical Sciences Multan Pakistan for 3rd and 4th-year MBBS and 3rd-year BSc Nursing students. A total of 137 participants were recruited. Participants were selected by non-probability consecutive sampling. A validated 13-question questionnaire was designed to assess participants' basic knowledge of breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE). Results: The mean age of participants was 21.27±0.99 years. 30(21.9%) were males and 107(78.1%) were female students.Before the seminar, approximately half of the students were correct about the demographics and presentation of breast cancer which increased to more than 80% in all avenues post-seminar (p<0.001). The most significant improvement was the correct responses regarding the age at which BSE should begin. Its frequency and correct technique pre-seminar were 75(54.7%),51(37.2%) and 23(16.8%), which in post-seminar were 98(71.5%), 106(77.4%) and 75(54.7%) respectively (p<0.001). Conclusion: This one-day educational seminar played a significant role in increasing awareness among medical and nursing students. https://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/3176AwarenessBreast cancerMedical studentsSeminar |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Nadeem Nayab Khan Iftikhar Ahmed Satti .The Impact of Information Seminar on Breast Cancer Awareness among the Medical and Nursing Students Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal Awareness Breast cancer Medical students Seminar |
| title | .The Impact of Information Seminar on Breast Cancer Awareness among the Medical and Nursing Students |
| title_full | .The Impact of Information Seminar on Breast Cancer Awareness among the Medical and Nursing Students |
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