Sim K M, Ng A S
Department of Anaesthesia & Surgical Intensive Care, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.
Singapore Med J. 1996 Dec;37(6):572-6.
With the aim towards better education of junior medical staff on chest tube management, we designed a questionnaire to survey their practice and at the same time to assess their level of understanding of the physical principles of chest tube and its drainage system.
The questionnaire was distributed to 130 junior medical staff (house officers, medical officers, trainee medical officers and specialist medical officers) from 7 Medical and Surgical Departments in Singapore General Hospital. Eighty-seven (66.9%) candidates responded. The mean age of the respondents was 27 +/- 2.1. They had an average of 3.2 +/- 1.9 years after basic medical qualification and 5 hospital postings. Nine respondents had obtained higher medical qualifications.
About a quarter of the respondents, and 40% of those with higher medical qualifications gave appropriate answers. Ninety percent indicated that they received no lectures on chest tube management. Incomplete response ranged from 0% to 6%.
To improve education on chest tube management, our results and the feedback we obtained from the respondents, suggest that lectures on important physical principles of chest tube and its drainage system should be delivered to all junior medical staff.
为了更好地对初级医务人员进行胸腔引流管管理方面的培训，我们设计了一份问卷，以调查他们的实际操作情况，同时评估他们对胸腔引流管及其引流系统物理原理的理解程度。
该问卷分发给了新加坡总医院7个内科和外科部门的130名初级医务人员（住院医生、内科医生、实习内科医生和专科内科医生）。87名（66.9%）人员进行了回复。回复者的平均年龄为27±2.1岁。他们在获得基础医学资格后平均有3.2±1.9年时间，经历了5次医院轮岗。9名回复者拥有更高的医学资格。
约四分之一的回复者以及40%拥有更高医学资格的人员给出了正确答案。90%的人表示他们没有接受过关于胸腔引流管管理的讲座。不完整回复率在0%至6%之间。
为了改善胸腔引流管管理方面的培训，我们的结果以及从回复者那里获得的反馈表明，应该为所有初级医务人员举办关于胸腔引流管及其引流系统重要物理原理的讲座。
