Knowledge, competencies and attitudes regarding external post-mortem physical examination

• Verfasst von: Valentini, Jan [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Götz, Katja [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Yen, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Szecsenyi, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Dettling, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Flum, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Knowledge, competencies and attitudes regarding external post-mortem physical examination
• Titelzusatz: a survey among German post-graduate trainees in general practice
• Verf.angabe: Jan Valentini, Katja Goetz, Kathrin Yen, Joachim Szecsenyi, Andrea Dettling, Stefanie Joos, Jost Steinhaeuser and Elisabeth Flum
• Jahr: 2018
• Umfang: 6 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 14.08.2018 ; Published online: 23 Nov 2017
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: European journal of general practice
• Ort Quelle: Philadelphia, Pa. : Informa Healthcare/Taylor & Francis, 1995
• Jahr Quelle: 2018
• Band/Heft Quelle: 24(2018), 1, Seite 26-31
• ISSN Quelle: 1751-1402
• DOI: doi:10.1080/13814788.2017.1389884
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: General practitioner
• Sach-SW: legal medicine
• Sach-SW: medical education
• Sach-SW: post-graduate training
• Sach-SW: post-mortem examination
• K10plus-PPN: 1580012221

Abstract

Background: The external post-mortem examination (EPME) is an important medical, legal and socio-economic task with far-reaching relevance; however, due to discrepancies between findings from EPMEs and actual cause of death, improvements in accuracy and quality are needed.Objectives: To investigate knowledge, competencies and attitudes regarding EPME in general practitioner (GP) post-graduate trainees.Methods: Before four post-graduate training courses on the EPME for general practitioner trainees, organized in 2014 in the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, a questionnaire on the EPME was distributed by the lecturer, completed by the GP post-graduate trainees and returned to the lecturer. The questionnaire consisted of 19 items related to three main categories: knowledge, competencies and attitudes.Results: Out of 380 GP post-graduate trainees, 128 completed and returned the questionnaire (response rate 33.7%). Less than 18% felt adequately confident in identifying a natural cause of death and less than 5% felt adequately confident in identifying an unnatural cause of death. Only 33% consistently fully uncover the corpse for the EPME.Conclusion: We found an important uncertainty in GP post-graduate trainees regarding their EPME knowledge and competencies.