| Autor: |
En-Dien Liao, Elleana Joy Majdinasab, Christopher Q Le, Malvika Ramesh, Anu Satheeshkumar, Vadivel Ganapathy |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| DOI: |
10.21203/rs.3.rs-1774286/v1 |
| Popis: |
Medical education largely overlooks the sense of smell in clinical training notwithstanding clear evidence that several diseases carry with them pathognomonic scents that can serve as diagnostic clues. We report here an observational cross-sectional study in which we assessed students’ attitudes toward the utility of scent in the process of medical diagnosis as well as their competence and confidence in being able to apply recognition of odor to specific diseases in the clinical setting. We found that nearly 90% of medical students felt that formal incorporation of scent in their medical training would make them more competent physicians. However, approximately 80% of them did not feel confident using scent as a diagnostic aid. Currently, there is a lack of emphasis on the usefulness of the sense of smell in modern medical education, and in the study reported here, we consider the rationale for possible inclusion of olfactory exposure in clinical training. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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