Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal ( IF 4.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-11 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2020.05.002 Yazed AlRuthia 1, 2 , Monira Alwhaibi 1, 3 , Haya Almalag 1 , Hadeel Alkofide 1 , Bander Balkhi 1, 2 , Amani Almejel 1 , Fahad Alshammari 1 , Fawaz Alharbi 4 , Ibrahim Sales 1 , Yousif Asiri 1
Medical terminology is the vocabulary used to describe the human body and its conditions; fluency in this language is essential for health care professionals. We examined the level of basic medical terminology understanding among 347 pharmacy students in four different colleges of pharmacy in Saudi Arabia using a newly developed test of 30 multiple choice questions. Students in the relatively new colleges of pharmacy were more likely to have a higher score in the medical terminology test compared to their counterparts from the old college of pharmacy (β = 1.23, 95% CI = 0.16–2.30, P-value = 0.02). Female gender (β = 1.72, 95% CI = 0.57–2.88, P-value = 0.003), and advanced class level (β = 0.84, 95% CI = 0.36–1.32, P-value < 0.001) were also positively associated with high medical terminology test scores. The findings of this study reveal a deficiency in the pharmacy students’ level of understanding of basic medical terms which may necessitate a reintroduction of the medical terminology course into the pharmacy curriculum.
中文翻译:
在沙特阿拉伯进行课程更改后,评估药房学生的常用医学术语知识。
医学术语是用来描述人体及其状况的词汇。对于医疗保健专业人员而言,这种语言的流利性至关重要。我们使用新开发的30个多项选择题测试,对沙特阿拉伯四所不同药学院的347名药房学生的基本医学术语理解水平进行了研究。相较于旧药学院的学生,相对较新的药学院的学生在医学术语测试中得分更高的可能性更大(β= 1.23,95%CI = 0.16–2.30,P值= 0.02) 。女性(β= 1.72,95%CI = 0.57–2.88,P值= 0.003)和高级水平(β= 0.84,95%CI = 0.36-1.32,P-值<0.001)也与高医学术语测试分数呈正相关。这项研究的结果表明,药房学生对基本医学术语的理解水平不足,这可能需要将医学术语课程重新引入药房课程。