Open AccessAssessing the knowledge in primary health care following an educational course structured in the context of gard chronic airway diseases national control program
Author(s) -
Ferda Öner Erkekol,
Nurdan Köktürk,
Dilşad Mungan,
Cansın Saçkesen,
Zeynep Pınar Önen,
Seçil Özkan,
Arzu Balkan,
Pınar Ergün,
Can Naci Kocabaş,
Nur Aksakal,
Banu Ekici,
Zübeyde Özkan Altunay,
Bilun Gemicioğlu,
Arzu Yorgancıoğlu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
tuberkuloz ve toraks/tüberküloz ve toraks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 0494-1373
DOI - 10.5578/tt.53804
Subject(s) - asthma , medicine , copd , context (archaeology) , test (biology) , family medicine , health care , primary care , physical therapy , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases are common causes of disease in the community and account for considerable percent of the caseload in primary health care facilities. For this reason, it is important to question and improve the knowledge of primary health care physicians. This study is designed to assess the level of knowledge for bronchial asthma and COPD of the primary healthcare physicians, both before and immediately after an educational course structured in the context of GARD Chronic Airway Diseases National Control Program.