Affiliation:
1. KIRIKKALE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, TIP FAKÜLTESİ
2. Konya Akşehir İlçe Sağlık Müdürlüğü
Abstract
Objective: The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and opinions of pre-physicians, term VI students in the 2021-2022 academic year, who participated and did not participate in a public health internship program appertaining to the notifiable diseases process.
Material and Methods: The participants of this study consisted of term VI students from 126 faculty of medicine. We used a data collection form, consisting of 25 questions in total, to assess the knowledge of term VI students on their sociodemographic characteristics, their educational background, and internship process, in addition to their opinions on the notifiable diseases. Considering knowledge questions, correct answers were worth one point each, while the other answers were worth zero points and evaluated over the total score. The data were collected through observation method of data collection.
Results: 48.7% of the 115 participants had completed their public health internship program A statistically significant difference was found between public health internship and having knowledge and being skilled in the notifiable diseases (p
Publisher
Kirikkale Universitesi Tıp Fakultesi Dergisi
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