Ahmed Y, Anjum Q, Qureshi F, Qureshi A F.
Assessment of Physicians understanding of Asthma Guidelines in a tertiary care hospital.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;54(10):530-1.

A cross sectional study was done in a tertiary care teaching hospital. List of all faculty members was obtained from the prospectus 2002-2003. A total of 25 faculty members were identified from three campuses on the basis of their active involvement in teaching and treatment of asthma cases, whereas non-clinical faculty was excluded from the study. They filled a pre-tested self-administered questionnaire consisting of 31 items. Residents of year 1 to from departments of Medicine, Pediatrics and Family Medicine were also asked to fill the same questionnaire. Out of 50 respondents, 22 were faculty members and 28 were residents. Every question was given a score of 1 for correct answer and 0 for incorrect answer. There was a significant difference on comparing the 31 item questionnaire responses of residents and faculty. The mean score of residents was 11.4+4.1 and of faculty was 15.5+5.7 (p<0.05) (Tables 1 and 2). The questions were grouped into prevention and health education; classification; medicines; management; pathophysiology; and investigations. No significant difference was found between knowledge of residents and faculty on grouping the items except for the questions on management (p=0.009). On the basis of the results of our study, the following recommendations are made: continuing medical education can be beneficial to all groups regarding asthma guidelines; health education messages can and should be part of training and patient encounter.

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