Medical Students' Knowledge About Brain Death: A South African Contribution

Sobnach, Sanju; Wiese, Kristin; Tselanyane, M.E.; Borkum, Megan; Kahn, Delawir; Segobin, R.

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2016.04.010

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“…Similar with previous studies, most medical students in China had great education needs about brain death [9,10,12,19]. What's more surprising is that most medical students would like to disseminate the knowledge to their family members or friends and the public.…”

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“…Medical students' knowledge of brain death had been reported in many studies [8][9][10][11][12][13]. Since different tools were used to evaluate medical students' knowledge, it is di cult to directly compare the knowledge among different studies.…”

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“…Therefore, it is reasonable that students in the clinical years had a better knowledge of brain death. However, the topics of brain death and organ donation is only brie y introduced in these courses, which means that clinical students might not have su cient knowledge to make the diagnosis of brain death and identify potential organ donors [9].…”

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“…What's more, their knowledge and attitude might in uence the public's attitude toward brain death. Although medical students' knowledge and attitude toward brain death have been reported in many countries [8][9][10][11][12][13], there is limited evidence about the in uence of medical education on the knowledge and attitude. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitude toward brain death among medical students and to assess the in uence of medical education on the knowledge and attitude.…”

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Medical students’ knowledge and attitude toward brain death and the influence of medical education: a cross-sectional study

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2022

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Background The medical students’ knowledge and attitude toward brain death has not been investigated in China. The aims of this study were to assess the knowledge and attitude toward brain death among medical students in China and assess the influence of medical education on the knowledge and attitude. Methods An online questionnaire consisting of 17 questions was developed and completed by undergraduates majoring in clinical medicine in China Medical University. The students’ demographic data, knowledge and attitude toward brain death were collected and analyzed. Results A total of 1075 medical students participated in the survey, and 1051 of them completed the valid questionnaire. The exploratory factor analysis grouped the 17 items into four dimensions, which explained 63.5% of the total variance. These dimensions were named as knowledge (5 items), attitude (5 items), concern (3 items) and education (4 items) respectively. The global Cronbach α of the questionnaire was 0.845 and the Cronbach α of the four dimensions ranged from 0.756 to 0.866. The mean dimension scores of knowledge, attitude, concern and education was 3.67 ± 0.89, 3.67 ± 0.87, 3.10 ± 1.03 and 4.12 ± 0.12 respectively. The clinical students had a better knowledge than the preclinical students (P < 0.001). The clinical students had a more favorable attitude in stopping the treatment for a brain-dead family member and using the organs and/or tissues of brain-dead patients for transplantation (P < 0.001). The clinical students showed more concerns than the preclinical students (P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in the education between the clinical and pre-clinical students. Conclusions Most medical students in China had insufficient knowledge about brain death. Although their knowledge of brain death increased with their university degree, their attitude toward organ donation after brain death did not evolve accordingly. Their concerns about brain death increased with seniority. Most students had great education need about brain death.

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Medical students’ knowledge and attitude toward brain death and the influence of medical education: a cross-sectional study

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“…The lack of awareness and knowledge among both the public and medical professionals about brain death and organ donation needs to be addressed. [6] Free, open-access online educational resources, such as the University of Cape Town's course 'Organ Donation: From Death to Life' , have been developed to improve training and awareness about brain death and organ donation. [7] The SA government's healthcare policy, which is rightly focused on primary healthcare interventions as a cost-effective strategy to improve the health of the population, [8] should not neglect transplantation.…”

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confidence: 99%