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Dental Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Anticoagulation Dental Treatment: Assessment of a One‐Day Course at the University of Murcia, Spain
Author(s) -
MartínezBeneyto Y.,
LópezJornet P.,
CamachoAlonso F.,
GonzálezEscribano M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2012.76.4.tb05282.x
Subject(s) - demographics , medicine , family medicine , dental education , dentistry , demography , sociology
The aim of this study was to determine a group of Spanish dental students’ knowledge of and attitudes toward anticoagulated patients and clinical practice and to assess the need for additional education in this area. A survey with sections on demographics and knowledge of general coagulation, anticoagulation treatment, clinical practice, local hemostatic measures, and antibiotic prophylaxis was distributed to students before and after a one‐day course on oral anticoagulation. The response rate was 67.1 percent (n=96). Of the respondents, 78.1 percent (seventy‐five) were women. The students who benefited most from the course were third‐year students since they had the lowest level of knowledge at the beginning of the course (p>0.05). Fifth‐year students and postgraduates had a good initial level of knowledge (87 percent). This study identified a lack of knowledge among this group of Spanish dental students prior to the course, but participating in the course led to considerable improvement.