Fitzgerald Deirdre, Connolly Stephen S, Kerin Michael J
Department of Surgery, University College Hospital Galway, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
Postgrad Med J. 2007 Sep;83(983):599-601. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.054825.
To assess the experience gained in digital rectal examination (DRE) by medical students in the Republic of Ireland by the completion of undergraduate training.
A national survey was conducted targeting all 582 final year students from the five medical schools completing their undergraduate studies in the summer of 2005. Format was anonymous questionnaire. Experience of DRE was defined as the student having performed at least one examination on either patient or teaching mannequin.
In total, 396 (68%) of 582 students responded. No experience of DRE was reported in 97 (24%), with mannequin-only experience in a further 78 (20%). Of the remaining 221 (56%) who performed DRE on at least one patient, one third (74) reported no confidence in their ability to interpret their findings properly.
Undergraduate training in DRE is limited. Training in DRE can no longer be reasonably considered part of the core curriculum taught in Irish medical schools.
通过完成本科培训，评估爱尔兰共和国医学生在直肠指检（DRE）方面获得的经验。
针对2005年夏季完成本科学习的五所医学院校的所有582名最后一年学生进行了一项全国性调查。采用匿名问卷调查形式。直肠指检经验定义为学生至少对患者或教学模型进行过一次检查。
582名学生中共有396名（68%）做出回应。97名（24%）学生报告没有直肠指检经验，另有78名（20%）学生仅有在教学模型上的操作经验。在其余至少对一名患者进行过直肠指检的221名（56%）学生中，三分之一（74名）表示对自己正确解读检查结果的能力缺乏信心。
直肠指检的本科培训有限。直肠指检培训不能再合理地被视为爱尔兰医学院校核心课程的一部分。
