Evaluation of correct diagnosis of referral patients to skin clinic by family physicians: A needs assessment for UME,CME

A Ramezanpour; Javad Golchaiis; R Fallah

doi:10.22037/jme.v12i3,4.1141

Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands

Former Title: Journal of Medical Education | The Official Journal of School of Medical Education and Learning Technologies

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Evaluation of correct diagnosis of referral patients to skin clinic by family physicians: A needs assessment for UME,CME

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A Ramezanpour¹,

Javad Golchaiis^2,*,

R Fallah³

1Assistant Professor, Dermatology ward, Valiasr hospital, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.

2Javad Golchai, MD, Associate Professor, Dermatologic Ward, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical sciences, Rasht, Iran

3Ramezan Fallah, MS, Instructor of Biostatistics, Social Medicine Dep, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran

Journal of Medical Education for Future Demands:Vol. 12, issue 3 & 4; e105373

Published online:Aug 01, 2009

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jul 25, 2009

Accepted:Aug 01, 2009

How to Cite:A Ramezanpour, Javad Golchaiis, R Fallah, Evaluation of correct diagnosis of referral patients to skin clinic by family physicians: A needs assessment for UME,CME.J Med Edu.2009;12(3 & 4):e105373.https://doi.org/10.22037/jme.v12i3,4.1141.

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Background and purpose: It has been demonstrated that the level of welfare and improvement of nations is evaluated by the progress and achievement of their health service networks. The specialization of therapeutic approaches is one of the practical and effective ways to accomplish this goal. The health system savants believe that the family physician guideline is the redeemer of health system section. This study is aimed, to evaluate the accuracy of diagnosis of the dermatologic disease of referred patients by family physician in Zanjan Valiasr hospital in year 2008.Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was done on 173 cases of referred patients from village family physician to dermatologic clinic. After correct diagnosis by dermatologist data including age, sex, family physician diagnosis and dermatologist diagnosis were recorded on data forms and then analyzed by Chi-square test.Results: From 173 referred patients, 76 cases (43.9%) were male, 49 cases (28.3%) were under 15 years old, 73 cases (42.2%) were between 15-30 years old, and rest were more than 30 years old. 28 cases (16.1%) have been referred with correct diagnosis.Conclusion: The level of accurate diagnosis by family physicians was law, which can be due to non-familiarity with common local skin disease and lack of enough instruction and education before starting the family physician project. We recommended that before starting this project, specialist workshop be prepared for family physicians.

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Family Physician

Skin Diseases

Needs Assessment

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