Knowledge, competencies and attitudes regarding external post-mortem physical examination: a survey among German post-graduate trainees in general practice
Background: The external post-mortem examination (EPME) is an important medical, legal and socio-economic task with far-reaching relevance; however, due to discrepancies between findings from EPMEs and actual cause of death, improvements in accuracy and quality are needed.Objectives: To investigate...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2018
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European journal of general practice
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 24, Heft: 1, Pages: 26-31 |
| ISSN: | 1751-1402 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13814788.2017.1389884 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2017.1389884 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2017.1389884 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Jan Valentini, Katja Goetz, Kathrin Yen, Joachim Szecsenyi, Andrea Dettling, Stefanie Joos, Jost Steinhaeuser and Elisabeth Flum |
| Zusammenfassung: | Background: The external post-mortem examination (EPME) is an important medical, legal and socio-economic task with far-reaching relevance; however, due to discrepancies between findings from EPMEs and actual cause of death, improvements in accuracy and quality are needed.Objectives: To investigate knowledge, competencies and attitudes regarding EPME in general practitioner (GP) post-graduate trainees.Methods: Before four post-graduate training courses on the EPME for general practitioner trainees, organized in 2014 in the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, a questionnaire on the EPME was distributed by the lecturer, completed by the GP post-graduate trainees and returned to the lecturer. The questionnaire consisted of 19 items related to three main categories: knowledge, competencies and attitudes.Results: Out of 380 GP post-graduate trainees, 128 completed and returned the questionnaire (response rate 33.7%). Less than 18% felt adequately confident in identifying a natural cause of death and less than 5% felt adequately confident in identifying an unnatural cause of death. Only 33% consistently fully uncover the corpse for the EPME.Conclusion: We found an important uncertainty in GP post-graduate trainees regarding their EPME knowledge and competencies. |
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| Beschreibung: | Gesehen am 14.08.2018 Published online: 23 Nov 2017 |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1751-1402 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13814788.2017.1389884 |