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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945665.v1
title: Conscientious Objection and Legal Abortion: Medical Students’ Attitudes

description: ABSTRACT Introduction In Brazil abortion is permitted when the woman’s life is at risk, the pregnancy resulted from rape or in the case of fetal anencephaly. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of medical students towards conscientious objection to abortion. Methods Medical students from Piauí were asked to answer an anonymous electronic questionnaire with questions about sociodemographic characteristics, conscientious objection to abortion and ethical obligations in the case of objection. Results The answer rate was 66.7% (n = 1,174). Whereas 13.2% of the students would have presented conscientious objection in the case of any threat to the woman’s life, 31.6% would have objected in the case of fetal anencephaly, and 50.8% in the case of rape. Among the students who would object to abortion in the case of rape, 54% would not refer the woman to another professional and 72.5% would not explain the available treatment options. Religion was the only characteristic associated with refusal. Conclusions Conscientious objection to abortion in the case of rape was more frequent than other circumstances foreseen by Brazilian legislation. Students with religious affiliations were more associated with refusal.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945668
title: Plastic Surgery Training at Medical School in the Context of Brazil

description: ABSTRACT Despite the large number of qualified plastic surgeons in Brazil, young doctors and general practitioners need to have a basic knowledge of plastic surgery to enable them to act appropriately in first aid, emergency or elective clinical situations, either to refer patients or provide basic life support and protection. Plastic surgery training for undergradutate medical students has to consider the aforementioned situations as well as the socioeconomic environment of Brazil and the requirements and restrictions on the choice of plastic surgery skills and knowledge that the student must absorb at medical school. Furthermore, such programs should encourage plastic surgery-inclined students to pursue the adequate residence training and later board examination. This article reports on 10 years of experience in plastic surgery education for medical students, at Universidade Positivo in Curitiba, Brazil. The integration between the disciplines of Outpatient Surgery and Clinical Surgery resulted in the students’ positive evaluation of the program, interesting feedback regarding its successful application outside the medical school and at least five specialists/plastic surgery residents out of the 265 students who graduated in the first five classes.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945668.v1
title: Plastic Surgery Training at Medical School in the Context of Brazil

description: ABSTRACT Despite the large number of qualified plastic surgeons in Brazil, young doctors and general practitioners need to have a basic knowledge of plastic surgery to enable them to act appropriately in first aid, emergency or elective clinical situations, either to refer patients or provide basic life support and protection. Plastic surgery training for undergradutate medical students has to consider the aforementioned situations as well as the socioeconomic environment of Brazil and the requirements and restrictions on the choice of plastic surgery skills and knowledge that the student must absorb at medical school. Furthermore, such programs should encourage plastic surgery-inclined students to pursue the adequate residence training and later board examination. This article reports on 10 years of experience in plastic surgery education for medical students, at Universidade Positivo in Curitiba, Brazil. The integration between the disciplines of Outpatient Surgery and Clinical Surgery resulted in the students’ positive evaluation of the program, interesting feedback regarding its successful application outside the medical school and at least five specialists/plastic surgery residents out of the 265 students who graduated in the first five classes.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945673
title: Alcohol Use among Healthcare Students

description: ABSTRACT This study aimed to describe the use of alcohol and the presence of associated factors among dental students. Cross-sectional in nature, the study surveyed 172 dental students, whose data was obtained through questionnaires with questions regarding the characteristics of their alcohol consumption and the presence or absence of factors associated with this habit. The results show that 58.7% of respondents reported using alcohol, with the incidence higher among male students. The main reported motivating factors were forgetting their problems and feeling good, with the most frequently observed consequences family problems and losing belongings. The relationship between gender and consumption was statistically significant. The relationship between sex and the variables related to alcohol consumption was significant for “use in social events”, “making friends” and “feeling good at social events”.The overall findings suggested excessive and worrying levels of alcohol consumption among students.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945673.v1
title: Alcohol Use among Healthcare Students

description: ABSTRACT This study aimed to describe the use of alcohol and the presence of associated factors among dental students. Cross-sectional in nature, the study surveyed 172 dental students, whose data was obtained through questionnaires with questions regarding the characteristics of their alcohol consumption and the presence or absence of factors associated with this habit. The results show that 58.7% of respondents reported using alcohol, with the incidence higher among male students. The main reported motivating factors were forgetting their problems and feeling good, with the most frequently observed consequences family problems and losing belongings. The relationship between gender and consumption was statistically significant. The relationship between sex and the variables related to alcohol consumption was significant for “use in social events”, “making friends” and “feeling good at social events”.The overall findings suggested excessive and worrying levels of alcohol consumption among students.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945676.v1
title: Medical Students’ Views on Feedback in the Learning Environment

description: ABSTRACT Although feedback is described in literature as capable of powerfully affecting learning, in practice it rarely occurs and/or is ineffective. The aim of this research was to gauge how medical students view educational feedback, and to identify the positive and negative characteristics of both teachers and students involved with the completion of feedback. Qualitative in nature, the study collected data via focus groups of fourth-year or eighth-term students at three medical schools. Thematic analyses revealed four major themes: the characteristics of feedback received, factors related to the occurrence of feedback, characteristics of the teacher to have provided feedback, and characteristics of the student to have received feedback. Regardless of the institution and the curriculum model, this sample suggested that the practice of feedback needs to be improved in the teaching and learning environments. Teachers should be encouraged to provide feedback and students should seek it out, so that it becomes a regular, continuous, and quality practice.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945676
title: Medical Students’ Views on Feedback in the Learning Environment

description: ABSTRACT Although feedback is described in literature as capable of powerfully affecting learning, in practice it rarely occurs and/or is ineffective. The aim of this research was to gauge how medical students view educational feedback, and to identify the positive and negative characteristics of both teachers and students involved with the completion of feedback. Qualitative in nature, the study collected data via focus groups of fourth-year or eighth-term students at three medical schools. Thematic analyses revealed four major themes: the characteristics of feedback received, factors related to the occurrence of feedback, characteristics of the teacher to have provided feedback, and characteristics of the student to have received feedback. Regardless of the institution and the curriculum model, this sample suggested that the practice of feedback needs to be improved in the teaching and learning environments. Teachers should be encouraged to provide feedback and students should seek it out, so that it becomes a regular, continuous, and quality practice.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945677
title: Training and Qualification of Health Professionals: Factors Associated to the Quality of Primary Care

description: ABSTRACT The changes wtinessed in health and education in the twentieth century influenced the work of health professionals, particularly those in primary health care, on a conceptual and practical level. This research investgiated the training and qualifications of professionals that work with the Family Health Strategy (FHS), and factors related to the quality of primary health care services in the northwest region of Goiânia. The research is classified as a cross-sectional study, conducted using interviews that included the application of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool). Ninety-two professionals from FHS teams participated in the study (48 physicians and 44 nurses). The data analysis involved methods such as the Mann-Whitney U test, chi-squared test, Fisher test and Poisson Regression. The results indicated significant differences (p&lt;0.05) between the training profile and qualifications of doctors and nurses. Assessment of the primary health care attributes resulted in a general high score (6.7). It was concluded that the quality of the primary health care services can be correlated to doctors who work for a longer period of time in the same teams, as well as the perception of health professional training and qualifications in the northwest region of Goiânia.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945677.v1
title: Training and Qualification of Health Professionals: Factors Associated to the Quality of Primary Care

description: ABSTRACT The changes wtinessed in health and education in the twentieth century influenced the work of health professionals, particularly those in primary health care, on a conceptual and practical level. This research investgiated the training and qualifications of professionals that work with the Family Health Strategy (FHS), and factors related to the quality of primary health care services in the northwest region of Goiânia. The research is classified as a cross-sectional study, conducted using interviews that included the application of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCATool). Ninety-two professionals from FHS teams participated in the study (48 physicians and 44 nurses). The data analysis involved methods such as the Mann-Whitney U test, chi-squared test, Fisher test and Poisson Regression. The results indicated significant differences (p&lt;0.05) between the training profile and qualifications of doctors and nurses. Assessment of the primary health care attributes resulted in a general high score (6.7). It was concluded that the quality of the primary health care services can be correlated to doctors who work for a longer period of time in the same teams, as well as the perception of health professional training and qualifications in the northwest region of Goiânia.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945679
title: An Evaluation of Health Sciences Students’ Readiness for Interprofessional Learning

description: ABSTRACT Interprofessional learning is an important tool in the development of collaborative competences among health sciences students. We believe the following study is highly relevant due to the fact that experience in this concept has been limited in Brazil, particularly due to resistance from institutions, teachers, and students, also hampered as it is by bureaucratic obstacles and professional corporatism. Using cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative, and observational methodology, we evaluated the readiness for interprofessional learning among health sciences students at the University of Fortaleza in northeastern Brazil. With the sample consisting of 770 nursing, physical education, pharmacy, physical therapy, speech therapy, dentistry, nutrition, psychology, medicine, and occupational therapy students in their early, middle and late semesters, information was collected by means of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale Questionnaire translated into Portuguese and validated for undergraduate students. A database was built with the Epidata 3.1 software, using two-pass verification and exported to Stata 12.0 for analysis. Differences in scores were analyzed with the t test and Anova, while agreement between statements was evaluated with the chi-square test. The level of statistical significance was set at 5% (p &lt; 0.05). The participants included 186 men (24.2%) and 584 women (75.8%). On average, women scored significantly better (109.27) than men (107.5) with regard to the development of collaborative competences (p = 0.0082). The overall average score was 108.8, with no significant difference between courses (p = 0.947). Average scores, did, however, not only decrease with age (16-20 years = 110; 21-25 years and &gt;26 years = 108.2) (p = 0.016), but also according to length of attendance (early semesters = 110.3; middle semesters = 108.7; late semesters = 107.93) (p = 0.0052). The readiness for interprofessional learning displayed by students in their early semesters shows that the concepts of team work/collaboration, professional identity, and patient-centered care may be strengthened in the early semesters of the curriculum without encountering significant resistance on the part of the students, suggesting such practices should be encouraged throughout the entire course.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19945679.v1
title: An Evaluation of Health Sciences Students’ Readiness for Interprofessional Learning

description: ABSTRACT Interprofessional learning is an important tool in the development of collaborative competences among health sciences students. We believe the following study is highly relevant due to the fact that experience in this concept has been limited in Brazil, particularly due to resistance from institutions, teachers, and students, also hampered as it is by bureaucratic obstacles and professional corporatism. Using cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative, and observational methodology, we evaluated the readiness for interprofessional learning among health sciences students at the University of Fortaleza in northeastern Brazil. With the sample consisting of 770 nursing, physical education, pharmacy, physical therapy, speech therapy, dentistry, nutrition, psychology, medicine, and occupational therapy students in their early, middle and late semesters, information was collected by means of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale Questionnaire translated into Portuguese and validated for undergraduate students. A database was built with the Epidata 3.1 software, using two-pass verification and exported to Stata 12.0 for analysis. Differences in scores were analyzed with the t test and Anova, while agreement between statements was evaluated with the chi-square test. The level of statistical significance was set at 5% (p &lt; 0.05). The participants included 186 men (24.2%) and 584 women (75.8%). On average, women scored significantly better (109.27) than men (107.5) with regard to the development of collaborative competences (p = 0.0082). The overall average score was 108.8, with no significant difference between courses (p = 0.947). Average scores, did, however, not only decrease with age (16-20 years = 110; 21-25 years and &gt;26 years = 108.2) (p = 0.016), but also according to length of attendance (early semesters = 110.3; middle semesters = 108.7; late semesters = 107.93) (p = 0.0052). The readiness for interprofessional learning displayed by students in their early semesters shows that the concepts of team work/collaboration, professional identity, and patient-centered care may be strengthened in the early semesters of the curriculum without encountering significant resistance on the part of the students, suggesting such practices should be encouraged throughout the entire course.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5671033.v1
title: Prevalence and Associated Factors of Alcohol Consumption and Smoking among Medical Students in Northeastern Brazil

description: ABSTRACT Introduction Tobacco and alcohol consumption is considered a major cause of diseases and disorders in the world. In Brazil, there has been increased consumption of these drugs among young people, especially university students. Objective To discover the prevalence of and factors associated to smoking and alcohol consumption among medical students, as well as their level of knowledge about techniques to stop smoking at different times of their academic life. Methods Analytical study of prevalence among medical students in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The study sample included all the city’s medical schools and their first year (S1/S2) and fourth year (S7/S8) students and students in the final year of their internship (I3/I4). The sample was calculated considering an expected smoker frequency of 10%, with a 3% margin of error, estimating 726 students in the four institutions. A structured questionnaire containing 46 questions was applied. Data were analyzed using Stata 11.2 software. Results 1,035 students were interviewed, distributed proportionally in the three periods: 392 (37.87%) from the first year (S1 / S2), 319 (30.82%) from the fourth year (S7/S8) and 324 (31.30%) interns (I3/I4). 553 students (53.4%) were female; most of the students were single (993; 96.3%), born in Fortaleza (748; 72.4%), living with their parents (896; 86.8%) and with a household income of more than 10 minimum wages (652; 61.8%). In total, 533 (51.5%) were students at private institutions. Of the total, 254 (24.6%) had smoked. This consumption was significantly higher among males (p = 0.025), with no difference in relation to marital status (p = 0.247) or household income (p = 0.191). All the students who reported having experienced any tobacco derivative also reported using alcohol in their lifetime (p &lt; 0.000). Alcohol consumption was reported by more than 80% of the students, and was higher among those whose family income was more than nine times the minimum wage (p = 0.001). Alcoholic intoxication was reported by over 70% of the students – where this had occurred before the age of 18 years. Beer and vodka are the most consumed beverages. Only 39.5% said they were inclined to advise a patient to avoid alcoholic beverages and only 28.4% had received training on the subject at their university. Conclusion The prevalence of alcohol consumption is very high among medical students, especially among those who reported smoking. These issues are addressed in a primitive manner in their training. We must strengthen these aspects in the training of future health professionals.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5671033
title: Prevalence and Associated Factors of Alcohol Consumption and Smoking among Medical Students in Northeastern Brazil

description: ABSTRACT Introduction Tobacco and alcohol consumption is considered a major cause of diseases and disorders in the world. In Brazil, there has been increased consumption of these drugs among young people, especially university students. Objective To discover the prevalence of and factors associated to smoking and alcohol consumption among medical students, as well as their level of knowledge about techniques to stop smoking at different times of their academic life. Methods Analytical study of prevalence among medical students in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The study sample included all the city’s medical schools and their first year (S1/S2) and fourth year (S7/S8) students and students in the final year of their internship (I3/I4). The sample was calculated considering an expected smoker frequency of 10%, with a 3% margin of error, estimating 726 students in the four institutions. A structured questionnaire containing 46 questions was applied. Data were analyzed using Stata 11.2 software. Results 1,035 students were interviewed, distributed proportionally in the three periods: 392 (37.87%) from the first year (S1 / S2), 319 (30.82%) from the fourth year (S7/S8) and 324 (31.30%) interns (I3/I4). 553 students (53.4%) were female; most of the students were single (993; 96.3%), born in Fortaleza (748; 72.4%), living with their parents (896; 86.8%) and with a household income of more than 10 minimum wages (652; 61.8%). In total, 533 (51.5%) were students at private institutions. Of the total, 254 (24.6%) had smoked. This consumption was significantly higher among males (p = 0.025), with no difference in relation to marital status (p = 0.247) or household income (p = 0.191). All the students who reported having experienced any tobacco derivative also reported using alcohol in their lifetime (p &lt; 0.000). Alcohol consumption was reported by more than 80% of the students, and was higher among those whose family income was more than nine times the minimum wage (p = 0.001). Alcoholic intoxication was reported by over 70% of the students – where this had occurred before the age of 18 years. Beer and vodka are the most consumed beverages. Only 39.5% said they were inclined to advise a patient to avoid alcoholic beverages and only 28.4% had received training on the subject at their university. Conclusion The prevalence of alcohol consumption is very high among medical students, especially among those who reported smoking. These issues are addressed in a primitive manner in their training. We must strengthen these aspects in the training of future health professionals.