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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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Experience, education, and training impact on medicolegal knowledge, attitude, and practice
Ahmed Ibrahim Alyahya1, Osama Said Ibrahim Elserafy2, Faisal Mohammed Alzoubaidi1, Osama Ahmed Abbas Moursi1
1 Department of Forensic Sciences, King Fahd Security College, Riyadh, KSA
2 Department of Forensic Sciences, King Fahd Security College, Riyadh, KSA; Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Correspondence Address:
Osama Said Ibrahim Elserafy
Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Giza
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/sjfms.sjfms_4_18
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Introduction: Medical practice is governed by four main principles: beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice. To achieve and sustain the best medical practice, these four principles should be emphasized and appreciated at continuous medical training and education. Aim of the Work: The aim of the study was to analyze the medicolegal knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of the medical staff with the purpose of distinguishing the impact of experience, education, and training on medical practitioners' medicolegal KAP. Subjects and Methods: A self-structured questionnaire was prepared; 69 medical doctors and 16 nurses from different tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh province and various medical specialties participated in this survey. The survey incorporated demographic questions in addition to questions that specifically targeted the respondents' medicolegal KAP. Results: Statistically significant differences were found between years of experiences in relation to the individual parameters and the cumulative degree of KAP. When comparing KAP in relation to obtaining training and education on medicolegal issues, statistically significant difference was found between knowledge and their cumulative in relation to obtaining medicolegal training. On the other hand, no statistically significant differences were identified regarding attitude and practice in relation to obtaining medicolegal training. In addition, no statistically significant differences were found between KAP in relation to obtaining medicolegal education. Conclusion: The decline in the time resources provided for medicolegal training and education impacted negatively the medical staff medicolegal KAP. To develop medical staff medicolegal KAP, a structured educational and training programs on medicolegal issues should be integrated. Integrated continuous medical education and training programs will significantly increase the medical staff awareness levels and hence improve their KAP.
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