Autor: |
Tahra AlMahmoud, M Jawad Hashim, Naghma Naeem, Rabah Almahmoud, Frank Branicki, Margaret Elzubeir |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 7, p e0236145 (2020) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0236145 |
Popis: |
PurposeRelationship boundaries recognition is an essential element of medical practice. The aim of the study was to assess final year medical students' perceived need for education regarding professional boundaries.Materials and methodsThis was a cross-sectional study. An anonymous paper questionnaire was distributed to 128 final year medical students. Standard descriptive statistics, unpaired t-test to evaluate differences between male and female groups and Pearson correlation to determine relationships between variables were used.ResultsThe survey was completed by 84.4% of students who identified the need for more emphasis in the curriculum for all of topics during training and practice pertaining to boundaries and relationships (mean 6.61±1.32 on a scale of 0 to 9; and 6.66±1.27 respectively). Topics with a high interest ranking requiring additional attention were mistreatment of medical students (mean 7.22±1.96), coping with mistakes in clinical care (mean 7.25±1.63), reporting of medical mistakes (mean 7.58±1.36), and gender bias in clinical care (mean 7.10±1.82). Women perceived a greater need for attention to all topics in the curriculum. Significant differences between the perceptions of female and male students were observed regarding topics such as responding to an impaired colleague (pConclusionMedical students recognized the need for more education and training in the undergraduate medical ethics curriculum regarding patient-physician relationship boundaries. |
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