Accuracy of Death Certificates Completed by Medical Students / 農村醫學 地域保健
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
;
: 89-98, 2010.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-720006
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the ability of completing death certificates among medical students.METHODS:
The self-administered questionnaires were completed, during May to August 2007, by 380 medical students in senior. The questionnaire was composed of 10 cases to write the death certificate. The cause-of-deaths written by students were compared with the gold standards and their errors in the certificates also evaluated.RESULTS:
Mean agreement score for 10 underlying cause-of-deaths completed on the lowest line of part I in the death certificate (UC1) was 4.8+/-1.7, and for underlying cause-of-death selected by a coder of the death certificates (UC2) was 5.6+/-1.5. The UC1 and UC2 were significantly higher among the students having the case-oriented education for death certificate than others. For the major errors in the certificates completed by students, the students having the error with no antecedent cause were highest, the error with two or more conditions secondly highest. Mean number of errors was significantly lower in the case-oriented education group than others.CONCLUSIONS:
Errors are common in the death certificates completed by medical students in senior. The accuracy of death certification may be more improved with the case-oriented education than the traditional method.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Students, Medical
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Certification
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Death Certificates
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Education, Medical
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Agricultural Medicine & Community Health
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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