Do Different Sources of Knowledge and Multiculturalism of Dental and Medical Students Affect the Level of First Aid Education? Do Medical Stereotypes Exist?

Małgorzata Grześkowiak, Marta Iwańska, Adam Pytliński, Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska and Agnieszka D. Gaczkowska
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Małgorzata Grześkowiak: Department of the Teaching of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Marii Magdaleny St. 14, 61-861 Poznań, Poland
Marta Iwańska: Department of the Teaching of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Marii Magdaleny St. 14, 61-861 Poznań, Poland
Adam Pytliński: Department of the Teaching of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Marii Magdaleny St. 14, 61-861 Poznań, Poland
Alicja Bartkowska-Śniatkowska: Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna St. 27/33, 60-572 Poznań, Poland
Agnieszka D. Gaczkowska: Department of the Teaching of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Marii Magdaleny St. 14, 61-861 Poznań, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-11

Abstract: Background: The aim of the study was to assess the impact of having various sources of information in the field of first aid on the level of knowledge of dental and medical students, as well as to recognize if medical stereotypes exist in the domain of first aid. Methods: We tested 818 Native-(N) and English (E)—speaking students of medicine (M) and dentistry (D). The questionnaire was constructed in a way that it could detect the issues which created the biggest challenges to the students. It consisted of both theoretical and clinical questions. The intention was to find out whether there were any medical stereotypes. The students were asked to provide the sources of their knowledge to each question, and information about the presence of first aid classes at school. Results: We found medical stereotypes, but only in the questions pertaining to theory: questions concerning defibrillation, opening the airway in infants and the causes of airway obstruction of an unconscious adult. Correlations were found between the sources of knowledge with answers to the questions in each group of students and between the groups. The sources of knowledge in N students came mostly from school, or the students were not able (NA) to indicate the source of knowledge, but E groups gave out of school courses, mass media and their own knowledge (or from the others), as well as NA answers. Interestingly in ED group, among other answers, students also indicated schools as a source of their knowledge. Conclusions: We confirmed that medical stereotypes among dental and medical students exist, and they were not related to multiculturalism or the use of different sources of knowledge.

Keywords: first aid; medical stereotypes; dental students; medical students; medical education; defibrillation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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