Darlington Danny, Anitha Fatima Shirly, Joseph Carbin
Urology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, IND.
Pediatrics, Church of South India Kalyani Multispeciality Hospital, Chennai, IND.
Cureus. 2019 Jun 13;11(6):e4896. doi: 10.7759/cureus.4896.
Introduction The deceased donor renal transplantation (DDRT) program in India has seen its ups and downs. The Indian state of Tamilnadu runs a successful DDRT program. Future doctors play an important role in continuing with this success and hence educating them on organ donation is of paramount importance. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study from June 2015 to December 2017 among 480 medical students to analyse their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding organ donation. The validated questionnaire sheets were distributed during lecture hours and completed sheets were analysed. Results Of the 480 participants, 425 completed the questionnaire which is a response rate of 88.5%. Knowledge scores were uniformly low among all four batches of students (p=0.001). The first and third-year students scored better in practice (p=0.001) and attitude (p=0.001) domains. Females outnumbered males by scoring high in all three domains. Conclusion The poor knowledge score among all the batches of medical students is alarming. This implies the need for urgent changes in the medical curriculum to better educate future doctors of the country. Durable changes in practice can be brought about by changing the attitude of medical students.
引言 印度的尸体供肾移植（DDRT）项目历经起伏。印度泰米尔纳德邦开展了一项成功的DDRT项目。未来的医生对于延续这一成功起着重要作用，因此对他们进行器官捐赠教育至关重要。方法 我们在2015年6月至2017年12月期间，对480名医学生进行了一项基于问卷调查的横断面研究，以分析他们关于器官捐赠的知识、态度和实践情况。经过验证的问卷在授课时间发放，对回收的问卷进行分析。结果 480名参与者中，425人完成了问卷，回复率为88.5%。所有四批学生的知识得分均普遍较低（p = 0.001）。一年级和三年级学生在实践（p = 0.001）和态度（p = 0.001）领域得分更高。在所有三个领域得分较高的女性人数超过男性。结论 所有批次医学生的知识得分较低令人担忧。这意味着需要对医学课程进行紧急改革，以便更好地教育该国未来的医生。通过改变医学生的态度，可以带来实践中的持久变化。
