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ArticleTransfusion2021

Global survey of transfusion medicine curricula in medical schools: Challenges and opportunities.

Arwa Z Al-Riyami, Vernon J Louw, Alexander J Indrikovs, Elena Nedelcu, Sara Bakhtary, Quentin G Eichbaum, Cees Th Smit Sibinga, Education Subcommittee of the AABB Global Transfusion Forum

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Article in Transfusion, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Arwa Z Al-RiyamiDepartment of Haematology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.ORCID 0000-0001-8649-0650
Vernon J LouwDivision of Clinical Haematology, Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Alexander J IndrikovsDivision of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York, USA.
Elena NedelcuDivision of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5981-9633
Sara BakhtaryDivision of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7896-2459
Quentin G EichbaumDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Cees Th Smit SibingaIQM Consulting and University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0156-5620
Education Subcommittee of the AABB Global Transfusion Forum

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPhysician's knowledge in transfusion medicine (TM) is critical for patient safety. Therefore, ensuring that medical schools provide adequate education in TM is important. The aim of this study was to assess the status of TM education at a global level. STUDY DESIGN AND

methodsA comprehensive anonymous survey to assess TM education in existing medical school curricula was developed. The survey was distributed to deans and educational leads of medical schools in a range of low-, medium-, high-, and very high-human development index (HDI) countries. It included 20 questions designed to assess specific domains including structure of TM curriculum and teaching faculty.

resultsThe response rate was 53%. The majority of responding schools from very-high-HDI countries offered a 6-year curriculum after high school or a 4-year curriculum after college education, whereas most schools from medium-HDI countries offered a 5-year medical curriculum. A formal teaching program was available in only 42% of these schools in contrast to 94% of medical schools from very high-HDI. Overall, 25% of all medical schools did not offer structured TM teaching. When offered, most TM teaching was mandatory (95%) and integrated within the third and fourth year of medical school. Formal assessment of TM knowledge was done in 72% of all responding medical schools. More than half of the deans considered the TM education in their medical schools as inadequate.

conclusionDespite its limitations, the current survey highlights significant gaps and opportunities of TM education at a global scale.

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CurriculumEducation, Medical, UndergraduateSchools, MedicalDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesEducational MeasurementFaculty, MedicalHumansModels, EducationalSurveys and QuestionnairesTransfusion Medicinecurriculumeducationmedical schoolmedical studenttransfusion medicine

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PMCPMC7894143

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