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Written examinations in Swedish medical schools: minds molded to medicate?
Umeå universitet, Yrkes- och miljömedicin.
Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6549-1611
Umeå universitet, Oftalmiatrik.
2019 (English)In: American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, ISSN 1559-8276, E-ISSN 1559-8284, Vol. 13, no 6, p. 611-614Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Lifestyle medicine (LM) is part of official educational goals in Swedish medical schools. We studied questions concerning 5 noncommunicable diseases: diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and stroke from 124 written examinations conducted between 2012 and 2015. LM knowledge yielded between 2% and 10%, whereas pharmacology-related knowledge yielded between 24% and 50%, of total points. The multiples at which pharmacology-related knowledge was valued higher than LM knowledge were 2.4 for COPD (P < .056), 4.3 for diabetes (P < .0001), 4.8 for hypertension (P < .0001), 5.2 for CHD (P < .0001), and 31.5 for stroke (P < .0001). Our results indicate that lifestyle-related knowledge, though covered by official teaching goals, is currently underrated in Swedish medical education.

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Sage Publications , 2019. Vol. 13, no 6, p. 611-614
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lifestyle medicine, medical education, curriculum, examination
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-45103DOI: 10.1177/1559827617724338ISI: 000490320500016PubMedID: 31662728OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-45103DiVA, id: diva2:1727927
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Krachler, BennoJerdén, LarsLindén, Christina

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