Survey of teaching/learning of healthcare-associated infections in UK and Irish medical schools.
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Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, and Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.Issue Date
2009-10MeSH
Cross InfectionCurriculum
Data Collection
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Educational Measurement
Great Britain
Humans
Ireland
Questionnaires
Schools, Medical
Teaching
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Survey of teaching/learning of healthcare-associated infections in UK and Irish medical schools. 2009, 73 (2):171-5 J. Hosp. Infect.Journal
The Journal of hospital infectionDOI
10.1016/j.jhin.2009.07.006PubMed ID
19709777Abstract
All medical doctors have an important role to play in the diagnosis, management and prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI). Strengthening the contribution of medical doctors and medical students to HCAI prevention programmes should include measures that enhance knowledge, improve practice and develop appropriate attitudes to the safety and quality of patient care. The Hospital Infection Society (HIS) funded a review of medical education on HCAI throughout medical schools in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. A questionnaire was drafted and circulated to all medical schools and 31 of 38 (82%) responded. The prevalence and transmission of HCAI were taught by 97% and 100% of medical schools, respectively, but the importance of HCAI as a quality and safety issue was covered in only 60% of medical schools. Multiple choice questions (MCQs) and objective structure clinical examinations (OSCEs) were the most popular methods of assessment. Lectures, discussion of cases and practical demonstrations were considered useful by >90% of respondents and online material and log books by 67% and 60%, respectively. More than 80% were willing to share a common pool of educational resources. An agreed curriculum should be developed for educating medical students in HCAI prevention and control, to outline optimum methods for assessment and develop a shared pool of educational resources.Item Type
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1532-2939ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.jhin.2009.07.006
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