caa a22 4500 46319831X CHVBK 20180406164929.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10896-007-9098-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10896-007-9098-7 A Domestic Violence Course For Medical Students: A Study on Its Effectiveness [Elektronische Daten] [Akca Toprak Ergonen, Serpil Salacin, Sevgi Karademir, Yucel Gursel, Berna Musal] International health institutions emphasize the necessity of including the topic of domestic violence which is accepted as a health problem worldwide, into the training of physicians. The fact that physicians should diagnose domestic violence victims who over the years were either neglected or overlooked is also mentioned. The present study aims to measure the effectiveness of the interactive domestic violence course given to Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine (DEUFM) Year V students, with tests implemented before and after the course. The same students were given the same test during Year VI (internship). The students' average knowledge scores were found respectively as follows: pretest 78.66 ± 10.54, second test 94.13 ± 3.95 and third test 89.65 ± 7.48. There was a statistically significant difference between tests' average scores. It was observed that, after the course, 4 out of 19 students (21.1%) changed their answers from "no” to "yes” for the question "Have you ever been a victim of physical domestic violence?” A statistically significant difference was found between pre-course answers and the after course answers given to this question. This study showed that the course on domestic violence increased students' knowledge level and awareness on this issue. Considering that average knowledge level will decrease over time and aiming to improve future physicians' approach to domestic violence cases, addition of other interactive educational methods to Year V's course program and proposal of an advanced training session to Year VI's curriculum are being planned. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Domestic violence nationallicence Women nationallicence Medical education nationallicence Toprak Ergonen Akca Department of Forensic Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut Salacin Serpil Department of Forensic Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut Karademir Sevgi Department of Medical Education, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut Gursel Yucel Department of Medical Education, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut Musal Berna Department of Medical Education, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut Journal of Family Violence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 22/6(2007-08-01), 441-447 0885-7482 22:6<441 2007 22 10896 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-007-9098-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-007-9098-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Toprak Ergonen Akca Department of Forensic Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salacin Serpil Department of Forensic Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karademir Sevgi Department of Medical Education, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gursel Yucel Department of Medical Education, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Musal Berna Department of Medical Education, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, 35340-Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Family Violence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 22/6(2007-08-01), 441-447 0885-7482 22:6<441 2007 22 10896 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer