Do 3rd year medical students know how to use allergy and asthma devices?
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Methods 65 third-year medical students participated in an asthma and allergy device training seminar provided by Windsor Allergy and Asthma Education Centre during their Pediatrics core rotation. The students’ comfort levels with the use of 7 devices were self-graded on a scale of 1-10 prior to training, and then again immediately after. Students’ interests in either medical or surgical specialties, presence of asthma and/or allergy conditions in the students, and stages of clinical training were collected. Mean comfort level scores before and after the training were compared using a paired t-test.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012