Medical students lack awareness about burns

Grundlingh and colleagues discuss the increasing prevalence of attacks with corrosive substances. 1 The reduced role of plastic surgery in the undergraduate curriculum has contributed to medical students graduating with little experience with burns. 2 But as junior doctors they might commonly encoun...

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Published inBMJ (Online) Vol. 359; p. j4525
Main Author Williams, Lynsey R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 03.10.2017
Subjects
Awareness
Burns
Curricula
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Humans
Medical students
Physicians
Students
Students, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Grundlingh and colleagues discuss the increasing prevalence of attacks with corrosive substances. 1 The reduced role of plastic surgery in the undergraduate curriculum has contributed to medical students graduating with little experience with burns. 2 But as junior doctors they might commonly encounter minor burns, so the ability to accurately assess burn severity and offer appropriate treatment and referral is a vital skill. Burns 2016; 42: 178- 83. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2015.10.003 26531844 4 Lemon TI Stapley S Idisis A Green B. Is the current UK undergraduate system providing junior doctors knowledge and confidence to manage burns? A questionnaire-based cohort study.
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ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.j4525