Department of Health Education & Rehabilitative Services, University of Toledo, Toledo, USA.
Patient Educ Couns. 2012 Mar;86(3):348-53. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.06.009. Epub 2011 Jul 23.
The purpose of this study was to assess physician assistant training programs incorporation of firearm injury prevention training in their curricula. Also, content of such programs as well as perceived benefits and barriers of providing such training were explored.
A three-wave postal mailing of a 24-item questionnaire was sent to the population (n=145) of physician assistant program directors.
The majority (77%) of directors responded. The majority (81.3%) reported they had not seriously thought about providing such training (pre-contemplation). The three most important barriers to providing firearm injury prevention training were: lack of time, lack of faculty expertise on the topic, and lack of standardized teaching materials. Those programs that offered training averaged one-half hour. Yet, 77.7% thought that firearm injuries were a very large or large problem to the health and wellbeing of the U.S. population.
There is a paucity of professional training for physician assistants regarding firearm injury prevention. It appears unlikely that physician assistants are playing a role in helping to reduce one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., firearm trauma. The American Academy of Physician Assistants needs to take the lead in improving training in this area for physician assistants.
Physician Assistant training program directors should consider offering firearm injury prevention training to help reduce patient suicides and homicides.
本研究旨在评估医师助理培训计划在课程中纳入枪支伤害预防培训的情况。此外，还探讨了这些计划的内容以及提供此类培训的预期收益和障碍。
对医师助理项目主管进行了三轮 24 项的问卷调查。
大多数主任（77%）做出了回应。大多数（81.3%）表示他们没有认真考虑过提供此类培训（无意愿）。提供枪支伤害预防培训的三个最大障碍是：缺乏时间、缺乏该主题的专业教师、缺乏标准化教材。提供培训的课程平均为半小时。然而，77.7%的人认为枪支伤害对美国人口的健康和福祉是一个非常大或大的问题。
医师助理在枪支伤害预防方面的专业培训不足。医师助理似乎没有在帮助减少美国主要死亡原因之一的枪支创伤方面发挥作用。美国医师助理学会需要在这一领域的培训方面发挥主导作用，以提高医师助理的培训水平。
医师助理培训计划主管应考虑提供枪支伤害预防培训，以帮助减少患者自杀和他杀事件。
