Ibrahim Ibrahim Awad, Soliman Soliman Shreed, Alzahrani Hamzah Saleh
Department of Community Medicine, University of Bisha, College of Medicine, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Albaha University, Saudi Arabia.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2019 Dec;69(12):1896-1899. doi: 10.5455/JPMA.263356.
Awareness of medical students towards forensic medicinewas assessed at Albaha University, Saudi Arabia in 2016. This report aimed to provide detail descriptive and analytical findings of the cross-sectional survey conducted to explore the medical students' awareness towards forensic medicine and the factors affecting their choice of this specialty in the future. It was found that more than half of the students (63.3%) had poor awareness towards forensic medicine. Personal reasons (84.2%) were the main factors affecting the students' choice of forensic medicine as specialty in the future. Students' level of study was solo predictive for their awareness level using binary logistic regression (B = - 2.485, Wald test = 14.276, P = 0.000). Early exposure to, and well-distributed forensic medicine themes throughout the medical school phases, is needed to pivotally include this specialty in the students' future alternatives.
2016年，沙特阿拉伯阿尔巴哈大学对医学生对法医学的认知情况进行了评估。本报告旨在提供横断面调查的详细描述性和分析性结果，该调查旨在探讨医学生对法医学的认知以及影响他们未来选择该专业的因素。结果发现，超过一半的学生（63.3%）对法医学的认知较差。个人原因（84.2%）是影响学生未来选择法医学作为专业的主要因素。使用二元逻辑回归分析，学生的学习水平是其认知水平的唯一预测因素（B = - 2.485，Wald检验 = 14.276，P = 0.000）。需要在医学院各阶段尽早接触并广泛分布法医学主题，以便在学生未来的选择中重点纳入该专业。
