The knowledge needs for Canadian paediatric emergency physicians in the diagnosis and management of tropical diseases: A national physician survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the knowledge gaps and need for continuing medical education (CME) resources for Canadian paediatric emergency department (PED) physician management of common tropical diseases.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey study of Canadian PED was performed from May to July 2017 using the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) database.

Results

The response rate was 56.4% (133/236). The mean performance on the case-based vignettes identifying clinical presentation of tropical illnesses ranged from 59.9% to 76.0%, with only 15.8% (n=21) to 31.1% (n=42) of participants scoring maximum points. Those who 'always' asked about fever performed better than those who only 'sometimes' asked (40.4% versus 23.8%). For management cases, the majority of the participan

SUBMITTER: Wan MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8077208 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature