Dermatological literacy among medical graduates
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.66344/jpad.v14i4.820Keywords:
Dermatological literacy, medical graduatesAbstract
Background Patients with skin ailments are frequently mismanaged at primary care level.
One reason might be inadequate knowledge of medical graduates about skin diseases.
Objective Evaluation of dermatological literacy of our medical graduates.
Methods 198 doctors graduating in year 2000 & onwards during 1st year of house job serving
in various hospitals of Lahore having no post-graduation clinical experience in dermatology
were enrolled. They attempted a questionnaire consisting of matching, true/false, and single
best response pertaining to common dermatoses. Those securing more than 50% marks were
considered successful.
Results Of 198 medical graduates, only 52 (26%) could get more than 50 % marks.
Misconcept ions were frequent, 54% thought marriage cures acne, 60% considered that
calcium deficiency causes pityriasis alba.
Conclusion Dermatological knowledge of medical graduates is highly inadequate.
Furthermore, misconceptions are frequent.
References
1. Weinstock MA, Chren MM. The Epidemiology and Burden of skin diseases. In: Freedberg IM, Eisen AZ, Wolff K et al., eds. Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine, 6th edn. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004; 7-8.
2. Rathi SK, Rathi HS, Lakhani H, Hansotia MF. Awareness about scabies among general medical practitioners (GPs) of Karachi, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc 2001; 51: 370-2.
3. Burge S for British Associations of University Teachers of Dermatology. Teaching dermatology to medical students: a survey of current practice in UK. Br J Dermatol 2002; 146: 295-303.
4. Burge SM. Teaching dermatology. Clin Exp Dermatol 2004: 29 : 206- 10.
5. Zaman T, Jahangir M, Asghar HA, Shafique N. Utilization of tertiary care centres – the actual picture: a study of 1500 patients presenting to dermatology department, AIMC / Jinnah hospital, Lahore. J Pak Assoc Dermatol 2001; 11:13-18.
6. Brajac I, Bilic -Zulle L, Tkalcic M et al. Acne vulgaris: myths and misconceptions among patients and family physicians. Patient Educ Couns 2004; 54: 21-5.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2017 Muhammad Jahangir, Tariq Zaman, Tariq Rashid
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Submission declaration
Authors retain the copyright to their work and grant the 'Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatologists (JPAD)' the right of first publication under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license allows others to share, adapt, and reuse the work for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as appropriate credit is given to the original authors and the journal.
By submitting a manuscript, authors confirm that the work has not been published previously (except as an abstract, lecture, or academic thesis), is not under review elsewhere, and has been approved by all authors and relevant authorities. Once accepted, the article will be openly accessible under the CC BY 4.0 license, ensuring wide dissemination and reuse with proper attribution.
