Pediatric training and practice of Canadian chiropractic and naturopathic doctors: a 2004–2014 comparative study
| العنوان: | Pediatric training and practice of Canadian chiropractic and naturopathic doctors: a 2004–2014 comparative study |
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| المؤلفون: | Brian Gluvic, Leslie Solomonian, Stephen Zylich, Sunita Vohra, Antony Porcino, Chantal Doucet |
| المصدر: | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017) |
| بيانات النشر: | BioMed Central, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Canada, Colic, Fever, Pediatric health, Attitude of Health Personnel, Health Personnel, Core curriculum, Pediatrics, 03 medical and health sciences, Patient safety, 0302 clinical medicine, 030225 pediatrics, Curriculum development, Medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Integrative medicine, Survey, Response rate (survey), Descriptive statistics, business.industry, Infant, Newborn, General Medicine, lcsh:Other systems of medicine, Middle Aged, Chiropractic, lcsh:RZ201-999, 3. Good health, Otitis Media, Cross-Sectional Studies, Complementary and alternative medicine, Family medicine, Naturopathy, Naturopathic, Female, business, Complementary medicine, Research Article |
| الوصف: | Background To assess chiropractic (DC) and naturopathic doctors’ (ND) knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour with respect to the pediatric patients in their practice. Methods Cross-sectional surveys were developed in collaboration with DC and ND educators. Surveys were sent to randomly selected DCs and NDs in Ontario, Canada in 2004, and a national online survey was conducted in 2014. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, non-parametric tests, and linear regression. Results Response rates for DCs were n = 172 (34%) in 2004, n = 553 (15.5%) in 2014, and for NDs, n = 171 (36%) in 2004, n = 162 (7%) in 2014. In 2014, 366 (78.4%) of DCs and 83 (61%) of NDs saw one or more pediatric patients per week. Pediatric training was rated as inadequate by most respondents in both 2004 and 2014, with most respondents (n = 643, 89.9%) seeking post-graduate training by 2014. Respondents’ comfort in treating children and youth is based on experience and post-graduate training. Both DCs and NDs that see children and youth in their practices address a broad array of pediatric health concerns, from well child care and preventative health, to mild and serious illness. Conclusions Although the response rate in 2014 is low, the concerns identified a decade earlier remain. The majority of responding DCs and NDs see infants, children, and youth for a variety of health conditions and issues, but self-assess their undergraduate pediatric training as inadequate. We encourage augmented pediatric educational content be included as core curriculum for DCs and NDs and suggest collaboration with institutions/organizations with expertise in pediatric education to facilitate curriculum development, especially in areas that affect patient safety. |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1472-6882 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::7fab6f391dc4bc59389ad3998d446b8e http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5710071 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....7fab6f391dc4bc59389ad3998d446b8e |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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