Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Gülhane Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 Aug 9;23(1):562. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04548-y.
Healthcare professionals play a key role in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of inborn metabolic diseases. However, the level of inborn metabolic disease knowledge of prospective healthcare professional students in our country has not yet been determined. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the level of knowledge of healthcare professional candidate students about inborn metabolic diseases.
The knowledge levels of 761 students enrolled in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Child Development, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Audiology, Health Management and Social Work at Gülhane Faculty of Health Sciences, Health Sciences University, were evaluated through a questionnaire using a face-to-face interview technique. Correct answers to the questions measuring the level of knowledge were scored as "1", and incorrect answers were scored as "0".
The mean knowledge-level score of the individuals was 14.23 ± 4.56. A total of 56.0% of individuals had heard about inborn metabolic diseases before, 37.8% had heard of rare disease organizations/platforms before, and 16.8% had encountered an awareness campaign about inborn metabolic diseases. The level of exposure to awareness-raising campaigns, department of education, and grade level were shown to be factors affecting knowledge levels.
It is necessary to improve the awareness and knowledge levels of health professional candidates involved in the treatment of inborn metabolic diseases. Education curricula in health sciences faculties should be evaluated with this aspect.
医疗保健专业人员在诊断、治疗和随访先天性代谢疾病方面发挥着关键作用。然而，我国未来医疗保健专业学生对先天性代谢疾病的了解程度尚未确定。因此，本研究旨在评估医学生对先天性代谢疾病的知识水平。
通过面对面访谈技术，使用问卷评估了 761 名营养与饮食学、儿童发展、助产、职业治疗、听力学、健康管理和社会工作系的学生的知识水平。测量知识水平的问题的正确答案得分为“1”，错误答案得分为“0”。
个体的平均知识水平得分为 14.23±4.56。共有 56.0%的人之前听说过先天性代谢疾病，37.8%的人听说过罕见病组织/平台，16.8%的人遇到过先天性代谢疾病的宣传活动。提高认识运动的接触程度、教育部门和年级水平被证明是影响知识水平的因素。
有必要提高参与治疗先天性代谢疾病的卫生专业人员候选人的认识和知识水平。卫生科学学院的教育课程应从这一方面进行评估。
