Nassani Najib, El-Douaihy Youssef, Khotsyna Yana, Shwe Thinzar, El-Sayegh Suzanne
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 840 S Wood St, Suite 718-E, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.
Department of Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell, Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health, Staten Island, NY 10305 USA.
Med Sci Educ. 2019 Oct 20;30(1):179-186. doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00837-8. eCollection 2020 Mar.
Even though the general public opinion towards nanotechnology applications to health has been studied, medical residents' opinions remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perception, knowledge, and attitude of medical residents towards nanomedicine using a 35-item questionnaire. Correlations between intrinsic factors, heuristics, and attitude towards nanomedicine were analyzed using the test. Seventy medical residents participated. Nanomedicine was perceived as a developing field in its clinical trial stages. Responsibility for nanomedicine was attributed to scientists, whereas its ethical responsibility to physicians. The majority reported not having adequate access to information. A positive attitude towards nanomedicine was correlated with higher willingness to use nanomedicine to diagnose and treat patients ( < 0.05). Medical residents had a positive attitude towards nanomedicine. However, they lacked accurate knowledge in the field. Participants might have relied on availability heuristics to form their opinion. Formal education for the "handlers" of nanomedicine seems to be needed.
尽管已经对公众对纳米技术在健康领域应用的看法进行了研究，但医学住院医师的看法仍不为人知。本研究的目的是使用一份包含35个条目的问卷来评估医学住院医师对纳米医学的认知、知识和态度。使用检验分析内在因素、启发法与对纳米医学态度之间的相关性。70名医学住院医师参与了研究。纳米医学被视为处于临床试验阶段的一个发展中的领域。纳米医学的责任归于科学家，而其伦理责任归于医生。大多数人报告称无法获得足够的信息。对纳米医学的积极态度与更愿意使用纳米医学诊断和治疗患者相关（<0.05）。医学住院医师对纳米医学持积极态度。然而，他们在该领域缺乏准确的知识。参与者可能依赖可得性启发法来形成他们的观点。似乎需要对纳米医学的“从业者”进行正规教育。
