Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24141/1/10/2/1
Knowledge of medical school and gymnasium students on palliative care
Beata Teresa Galinec
; School for Nurses Mlinarska
*
Mara Županić
; University of Applied Health Sciences Zagreb
Dinka Palatinuš
; Clinical Hospital Sveti Duh
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Aim: To explore what medical school and gymnasium students know about palliative care. For research, it is necessary to examine whether students are familiar with the concept and method of providing palliative care and to examine the relationship between the knowledge of students who met a dying person and those who did not, and to compare the knowledge
about palliative care in medical school and gymnasium students.
Methods: Fisher’s exact test was performed to examine the level of significance. Mann-Whitney’s U test was used to examine the correlation of the level in the observed indicators regarding knowledge of palliative care and experience with a dying person. The survey
was conducted using a questionnaire containing multiple- choice answer items.
Research Results: The study included 178 fourth graders,of which 93 were medical students and 85 were gymnasium students. The results of the research showed that students at medical school have a statistically significantly higher knowledge of palliative care than gymnasium students (p = 0.005). More than half of the surveyed respondents (59.0%) had an encounter with a dying person.
Conclusion: This research has shown that there is a satisfactory level of knowledge in the observed schools, but it is necessary to provide continuous education on the care of palliative patients, especially in medical schools.
Keywords
palliative care, patient, student, knowledge, education
Hrčak ID:
324260
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Publication date:
19.12.2024.
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