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ArticleJournal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)2020

An assessment of medical students' proficiency in the diagnosis and management of snakebites: a cross-sectional study from Palestine.

Suha S Sulaiman, Isra K Kharusha, Ahmad M Samara, Samah W Al-Jabi, Sa'ed H Zyoud

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Article in Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Suha S Sulaiman1Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Isra K Kharusha1Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Ahmad M Samara1Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Samah W Al-Jabi2Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.
Sa'ed H Zyoud2Department of Clinical and Community Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, 44839 Palestine.ORCID 0000-0002-7369-2058
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Abstract

backgroundSnakebites are emergent and life-threatening injuries that may require intensive care. Physicians face difficulties in dealing with snakebite injuries due to the knowledge gaps in the diagnosis and management of snakebites. The study aimed to assess medical students' knowledge about the diagnosis and management of snakebite injuries, as well as their proficiency in first aid methods in case of snakebite and perception regarding snakes and snakebite injuries.

methodsA cross-sectional study conducted among 200 medical students in their clinical years at An-Najah National University. A questionnaire was developed and distributed among those students. The questionnaire assessed the students' knowledge regarding the diagnosis and management of snakebites and their attitude regarding snakes and snakebites. The total scores of knowledge were obtained and tested based on the participants' demographic characteristics using the Kruskal-Wallis test and the Mann-Whitney U test.

resultsThe mean age of participating medical students was 22.2 ± 2.4 (year). Half of these medical students were in there final year of study (sixth year). After the analysis was done, we found a knowledge deficit in snakebite diagnosis and management among medical students. The mean knowledge scores regarding

conclusionsThe level of knowledge regarding the diagnosis and management of snakebites was not good enough among most of the students. In order to improve their knowledge, snakebite diagnosis and management should be introduced and focused on in medical curriculum. Also, formal first aid training classes for medical students should be introduced in order to teach them the correct and updated methods of first aid as they will be the future health care providers and proper first aid will effectively decrease morbidity and mortality of snakebites.

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AttitudeDiagnosisFirst aidKnowledgeManagementMedical studentsSnakebite

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