بررسي ميزان آگاهي پزشكان عمومي در خصوص قوانين و شرايط صدور گواهي هاو مسايل قانوني مربوط به آن درتابستان 1381

EVALUATION OF THE GENERAL PRACTITIONERSʹ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE RULES AND ISSUE OF TESTIMONY IN THE YEAR 2001

Background: The Knowledge of physicians about the rules is very important. In this study we evaluated the Knowledge of physicians about issuance of testimonies. Methods: A questionnaire included 23 questions about circumstances of issue of testimony was planned and filled by general practitioners in a congress in Tehran in 2001. Results: Five hundred general practitioners (31.6% female and 68.4% male) participated in this study. The scores were between 1 and 16 (mean 8.8 ± 0.23). The mean score between two groups (male & female) was not statistically different (p= 0.12). There was assosciation between mean .of age of study group and mean of obtained scores (p=0.02). Conclusion: The Knowledge of general practitioners on this subject is lower than standard and education should be noticed.