Knowledge, practice and attitudes of healthcare students to sepsis management in Jamaica.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sepsis is a medical emergency requiring timely management and available global evidence suggests that healthcare workers and students are poorly prepared to effectively diagnose and treat such patients. This study evaluates the inter-relationship of healthcare students' attitudes towards, knowledge of and practice of sepsis management as they progress through training in Jamaica.

Methods

A prospective cross-sectional survey using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire with convenience sampling was performed among healthcare students at all levels of training. All available medical and nursing students from the major public medical and nursing schools in the Kingston Metropolitan Area were included in the study. The questionnaire was composed of 25 items cove

SUBMITTER: Roye-Green KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12007360 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature