Awareness of thyroid cancer among medical students: A questionnaire-based study

To investigate whether medical students acquire enough knowledge about thyroid cancer (TC). It was a cross-sectional study in a Chinese medical college based on a questionnaire about the knowledge of TC and thyroid self-examination. Medical students enrolled were grouped into preclinical medical stu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science progress (1916) 2021-04, Vol.104 (2), p.368504211023654-368504211023654, Article 00368504211023654
Hauptverfasser:	Liu, Penghao, Lin, Jinkan, Nie, Yongdu, Cao, Zenghan, Xu, Xiequn
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cancer Colleges & universities Cross-Sectional Studies Education Education & Educational Research Education, Scientific Disciplines Humans Medical students Multidisciplinary Sciences Nodules Questionnaires Risk analysis Risk factors Schools, Medical Science & Technology Science & Technology - Other Topics Social Sciences Students Students, Medical Surgery Surveys and Questionnaires Thyroid Thyroid cancer Thyroid Neoplasms - diagnosis Thyroid Neoplasms - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	To investigate whether medical students acquire enough knowledge about thyroid cancer (TC). It was a cross-sectional study in a Chinese medical college based on a questionnaire about the knowledge of TC and thyroid self-examination. Medical students enrolled were grouped into preclinical medical students (PMS) and clinical medical students (CMS) according to their grades. A total of 337 questionnaires were distributed and 274 effective responses were collected with 129 from PMS and 145 from CMS. The percentage of thyroid self-examination in CMS was higher than that of PMS (55.8% vs 11.6%, p
ISSN:	0036-8504 2047-7163
DOI:	10.1177/00368504211023654