Effect of continuing medical education on geriatrics on knowledge, attitude, belief and practice in community medical staffs
Received:March 15, 2016  Revised:May 12, 2016
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DOI:10.11915/j.issn.1671-5403.2016.08.0134
Key words:geriatrics  continuing medical education  geriatric syndrome  comobidity  knowledge, attitude, belief and practice
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KANG Lin1, ZHU Ming-Lei1, GAO Qiu-Yun2, ZENG Ping1, LIU Xiao-Hong1* 1Department of Geriatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
2Pinetree Senior Rehabilitation & Care Services Organization, Beijing 100027, China 
xhliu41@medmail.com.cn 
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Abstract:
      Objective To survey the community medical staffs for their understanding of the concepts about geriatrics, and investigate the effect of continuing medical education on geriatrics on their ability in acceptance and application of geriatric knowledge. Methods A total of 70 medical staffs who were on duty in house-call facility of community medical services from November 2013 to September 2015 were recruited in this study. They were invited to fill out a KABP (knowledge, attitude, belief and practice) questionnaire before and after continuing medical education, and the changes were compared. Results There were 58 valid questionnaires obtained before training and 70 after training. Compared with pre-training, acquaintances and knowledge about comorbidity, geriatric syndrome, benign prostate hyperplasia, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, osteoporosis, cancer screening, malnutrition, sarcopenia, fall, dementia, delirium, urinary incontinence, sleeping disorder, and pressure sores were improved significantly after training (P<0.05). Their professional attitude and practice for constipation, malnutrition, polypharmacy, urinary incontinence, sleeping disorders, sarcopenia, dementia and delirium were improved obviously after training (P<0.05). Conclusion The community medical staffs do not have enough knowledge on geriatrics. So targeted continuing medical education on geriatrics and practice guidance will effectively improve their knowledge, attitude belief and practice behaviour.
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