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The existence of a deficit in undergraduate training on Chronic Venous Disease (CVD) could be one of the causes of its subsequent clinical undervaluation.
This is clear from the study "Evaluation of training, knowledge and attitude about chronic venous disease in undergraduate medicine in Spain", developed by specialists in Vascular Medicine at the Hospital de Molina, Germán Morales Cuenca, Germán Morales López and Fernando Abadía Sánchez, and published in the scientific journal Cirugía Española, vol.
98 (2020). The initial premise of this study indicates that, despite its high prevalence and high social health cost, chronic venous disease (CVD) is undervalued at the healthcare level.
Although training deficits have been reported in postgraduate medicine, the study proposes, as one of the possible causes, a training deficit in undergraduate medicine. For this, the study uses a non-probabilistic sampling through a survey directed to students in the last years of the medical degree.
With the data obtained, 351 valid surveys that include students from all Spanish public and private faculties, the authors carry out a descriptive and inferential statistical study. Based on the results obtained, the authors point out that there is little evidence of theoretical and practical training in CVD, a deficit of knowledge in basic aspects and an underestimation of CVD compared to other chronic diseases.
93.2% of those surveyed think that undergraduate training on CVD should be improved. The specialists at the Hospital de Molina conclude that this is the first study to demonstrate the existence of a deficit in undergraduate training on CVD, which may be one of the causes of its subsequent clinical undervaluation.
Source: Hospital de Molina
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