Research Article

An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking

Volume: 19 Number: 1 March 22, 2019
  • İskender Bülbül *
  • İrfan Şencan
  • İsmail Kasım
  • Tarık Eren Yılmaz
  • Adem Bahadır
  • Adem Özkara
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An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking

Abstract

Objectives: The family physicians are the individuals who constitute the first contact point with patients and take position in primary care. On behalf of family physicians are dominating by a wide range of disease groups, reveal the awareness of the anticoagulant therapy and monitoring necessary.
Materials and Methods: Research was planned as an observational, cross sectional survey. Surveys were hand out to family physician residents in Ankara. 143 participants answering the questions of survey without any reserve from assistant family physician, who were invited to our study date between 15/10/2014 and 12/01/2014, were incorporated.
Results: Only 8.4% of the residents stated that they attended a training on anticoagulant therapy and follow-up. We pick out that participants who attend training have more accurate answer to questions which intended to measure awareness and knowledge. Those constituted the majority who has not completed 10 years in their medical profession. The correct answer rates of the group that we call young physicians were higher.
Conclusion: With this research, the awareness about anticoagulant therapy and monitoring and lack of education are reveal. With the researches supporting this study, identifying the lacking issues that residents of family physicians' awareness then making education plans intended to these issues and better equipped family physician residents giving medical service will be provided.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

İrfan Şencan This is me

İsmail Kasım This is me

Tarık Eren Yılmaz This is me

Adem Bahadır This is me

Adem Özkara This is me

Publication Date

March 22, 2019

Submission Date

February 17, 2019

Acceptance Date

March 18, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 19 Number: 1

APA
Bülbül, İ., Şencan, İ., Kasım, İ., Yılmaz, T. E., Bahadır, A., & Özkara, A. (2019). An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking. Ankara Medical Journal, 19(1), 187-198. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.542431
AMA
1.Bülbül İ, Şencan İ, Kasım İ, Yılmaz TE, Bahadır A, Özkara A. An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking. Ankara Med J. 2019;19(1):187-198. doi:10.17098/amj.542431
Chicago
Bülbül, İskender, İrfan Şencan, İsmail Kasım, Tarık Eren Yılmaz, Adem Bahadır, and Adem Özkara. 2019. “An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking”. Ankara Medical Journal 19 (1): 187-98. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.542431.
EndNote
Bülbül İ, Şencan İ, Kasım İ, Yılmaz TE, Bahadır A, Özkara A (March 1, 2019) An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking. Ankara Medical Journal 19 1 187–198.
IEEE
[1]İ. Bülbül, İ. Şencan, İ. Kasım, T. E. Yılmaz, A. Bahadır, and A. Özkara, “An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking”, Ankara Med J, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 187–198, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.17098/amj.542431.
ISNAD
Bülbül, İskender - Şencan, İrfan - Kasım, İsmail - Yılmaz, Tarık Eren - Bahadır, Adem - Özkara, Adem. “An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking”. Ankara Medical Journal 19/1 (March 1, 2019): 187-198. https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.542431.
JAMA
1.Bülbül İ, Şencan İ, Kasım İ, Yılmaz TE, Bahadır A, Özkara A. An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking. Ankara Med J. 2019;19:187–198.
MLA
Bülbül, İskender, et al. “An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking”. Ankara Medical Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 187-98, doi:10.17098/amj.542431.
Vancouver
1.İskender Bülbül, İrfan Şencan, İsmail Kasım, Tarık Eren Yılmaz, Adem Bahadır, Adem Özkara. An Evaluation to the Awareness of Family Medicine Residents in Ankara for the Coagulation Testing, Anticoagulation Treatment and Tracking. Ankara Med J. 2019 Mar. 1;19(1):187-98. doi:10.17098/amj.542431