Knowledge of triage in the senior medical students in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Introduction: Triage is a response to the problem of overcrowding in Emergency Departments (EDs) and accuracy of decisions made by the triage unit affects the ultimate outcome of EDs. This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of triage among last year medical students in Shiraz Universi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism |
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| Online Access: | http://jamp.sums.ac.ir/index.php/JAMP/article/view/537 |
| Summary: | Introduction: Triage is a response to the problem of overcrowding
in Emergency Departments (EDs) and accuracy of decisions made
by the triage unit affects the ultimate outcome of EDs. This study
was conducted to evaluate the knowledge of triage among last
year medical students in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional analytical study whose subjects
were all the senior students of medicine (62) in the last year of
medicine from January to June 2013 who attended emergency
medicine course in the screen room of 2 University Hospitals. This
questionnaire was designed in 3 sections including personal data,
15 questions on knowledge of triage and 10 case scenarios for
triage decision making and completed by the students. Statistical
analysis was performed in SPSS statistical software (version 14)
using independent sample t-test, one way ANOVA, and Pearson
correlation coefficient (p≤0.001).
Results: The total mean score of the participants was 10.6±1.5,
ranging from 7 to 13. 58(93.5%) students had poor triage
knowledge. In the scenario’s section, the percentage of correct
triage by students was 49.2% and those of over and under triage
were 28.1% and 22.7%, respectively. There was a significant
relationship between the triage accuracy and level of triage (ESI
4) (p≤0.001).
Conclusion: The level of knowledge of triage in the last year
medical students was poor, although most of them had passed
a course in the screen room. It is recommended that medical
students’ educational courses should include sections on the
knowledge of triage in emergency rooms. |
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| ISSN: | 2322-2220 2322-3561 |