A Survey of the knowledge of emergency medicine and first aid in medical students

VernacularTitle:医学生对急诊医学和院前急救知识认识度的调查
Author: Huilin JIANG ; Peiyi LIN ; Junrong MO ; Jieru CHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: First aid; Clinical teaching; Survey
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2012;11(1):42-44
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ObjectiveTo investigate the degree of acceptance of Emergency Medicine and the abilities of first aid in senior medical students, and study the methods of how to improve their abilities and skills.MethodsA random sample survey methodology.ResultsA total of 146 medical students of clinical medicine were surveyed.99.32％ of student believed that emergency medicine was essential and necessary in their learning process.The knowledge of first aid would play important role for their future work.55.48％ of students considered that there were partial overlaps in teaching content in emergency medicine and internal medical and surgery.Senior medical students accessed to knowledge mainly through books,followed by the Internet,television and newspapers and their first aid knowledge and skills were poor.ConclusionEmergency medical teaching should be focused on highlighting its characteristics.The visualization of the operation and standardized assessment will help to strengthen students' mastery of first-aid knowledge and skills.