University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Inj Prev. 2022 Oct;28(5):491-495. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2022-044523. Epub 2022 May 4.
Injury has a major societal impact. In Canada, injury is the leading cause of death among those aged 1-44 years, the fifth-leading cause of death among those of all ages and is responsible for a burden of US$26.8 billion in 2010. It holds that most injuries are predictable and preventable, and therefore, such statistics represent a serious public health concern. Given that physicians play a vital role in the prevention and control of injuries, further information regarding the current state of injury prevention education in medical undergraduate programmes in Canada would be beneficial. We hypothesise that the results of an observational survey distribute to all Canadian medical schools will demonstrate a substantial gap in injury prevention education integration in the existing medical school curriculums.
To evaluate the current status of Injury Prevention Education in Canadian Medical Schools preclerkship and clerkship medical curriculum.
Electronic surveys evaluating the current status of injury prevention education were sent via email to each of the 16 Canadian medical schools.
Nine Canadian medical faculties (56%, n=9) responded. Eight of the nine medical schools (88.89%, n=8) offered at least five injury prevention related topics in their respective curricula. The most common injury-related courses were Role of physicians in the prevention of injuries (100%, n=9) and epidemiology of injury (88.89%, n=8). All respondent medical faculties (100%, n=9) offered at least a single injury prevention specific topic in their curricula. Most surveyed medical faculties (88.89%, n=8) offered nine injury-specific topics. The most common injury-specific topics included falls, suicide and self-harm, alcohol, burns and scalds, and concussion (100%, n=9).
伤害对社会有重大影响。在加拿大，伤害是 1-44 岁人群的主要死因，也是所有年龄段人群的第五大死因，2010 年造成 268 亿美元的负担。人们认为大多数伤害是可以预测和预防的，因此，这些统计数据代表了一个严重的公共卫生问题。鉴于医生在预防和控制伤害方面发挥着至关重要的作用，进一步了解加拿大医学本科课程中伤害预防教育的现状将是有益的。我们假设，向所有加拿大医学院分发观察性调查结果将表明，现有的医学院课程中在伤害预防教育的整合方面存在很大差距。
评估加拿大医学院预科和实习前医学课程中伤害预防教育的现状。
通过电子邮件向 16 所加拿大医学院中的每一所发送了评估伤害预防教育现状的电子调查。
9 所加拿大医学院（56%，n=9）作出了回应。在这 9 所医学院中，有 8 所（88.89%，n=8）在各自的课程中提供了至少 5 个与伤害预防相关的主题。最常见的与伤害相关的课程是医生在预防伤害中的作用（100%，n=9）和伤害流行病学（88.89%，n=8）。所有回答的医学系（100%，n=9）都在课程中提供了至少一个特定的伤害预防主题。大多数接受调查的医学系（88.89%，n=8）提供了九个特定于伤害的主题。最常见的特定于伤害的主题包括跌倒、自杀和自残、酒精、烧伤和烫伤以及脑震荡（100%，n=9）。
