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Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica
versión impresa ISSN 0100-5502versión On-line ISSN 1981-5271
Resumen
ALVES, Cynthia Rossetti Portela; ARAUJO, Marcelo Grossi; RIBEIRO, Maria Mônica Freitas y MELO, Elza Machado. Evaluation of Teaching on Leprosy by Students at a Brazilian Public Medical School. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2016, vol.40, n.3, pp.393-400. ISSN 1981-5271. https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-52712015v40n3e00522015.
Objectives
To evaluate teaching on leprosy at a public medical school located in a metropolis in southeastern Brazil with a low leprosy prevalence rate.
Results
An analysis performed by means of a comparative cross-sectional study on two parallel groups of students (freshmen and interns) demonstrated that most students began the medical course with some knowledge of the signs and symptoms of the disease. The interns were shown to have more theoretical knowledge and more favorable attitudes toward the disease compared to the freshmen. Most of the interns stated that the topic had been addressed during the course but that practical teaching was insufficient. Students who had had the opportunity for practical experience with patients were more confident in their ability to attend to similar cases.
Conclusion
Although from a statistical point of view the results may seem very favorable, the same cannot be said when assessing the situation from the perspective of education and public health, since a large number of final-year medical students have not been provided with basic information on the disease.
Palabras clave : Teaching on Leprosy; Medical Students; Medical Education.