Awareness Regarding Family Planning Methods Among Final Year Medical Students

Abstract

A cross-sectional awareness survey was conducted among final year MBBS students of ISRA University, Hyderabad from May 2017 to November 2017. After checking eligibility and taking verbal informed consent, 100 participants were included in the study and interviewed using a self-administered questionnaire.Data was analyzed on Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21. The study results showed that 29 (29%) of the study participants got information about family planning methods from health care providers, 27 (27%) through social circle, 24 (24%) through mediawhile 20 (20%) through conference, meetings and events. Furthermore, 42 (42%) of the participants correctly identified all permanent family planning methods, 65 (65%) correctly identified temporary family planning methods, 47 (47%) correctly identified short-term family planning methods whereas 54 (54%) correctly identified long term family planning methods. Efforts by both public and private sector to enhance awareness regarding family planning methods among medical students are recommended

Sexual and reproductive health teaching in undergraduate medical education: A narrative review

“…Two studies assessed sexual and reproductive health education from all years in medical school through surveys of faculty with knowledge of the curriculum 7,53 . Six studies assessed fifth and/or sixth year students about sexual and reproductive health education 34,37,41,50,51,54 . Two studies compared second‐year and fourth‐year students to better understand the differences between the sexual and reproductive health teaching in the preclinical and clinical curricula 39,56 …”

“…Most articles assessed medical schools in the United States of America (USA) 2–33 . Additional studies reported sexual and reproductive health education from around the world including Angola, 34 Australia, 35–37 Canada, 38–40 China, 41 the Democratic Republic of Congo, 42 India, 43–45 Iran, 46 Nepal, 47 the Netherlands, 48 Pakistan, 49,50 Turkey, 51 and the United Kingdom 52–54 . Our review largely revealed studies at single medical schools.…”

“…7,53 Six studies assessed fifth and/or sixth year students about sexual and reproductive health education. 34,37,41,50,51,54 Two studies compared second-year and fourth-year students to better understand the differences between the sexual and reproductive health teaching in the preclinical and clinical curricula. 39,56 Study designs…”

“…Twenty-seven studies focused on contraception 2,4,5,8,10,15,18,19,22,23,25,27,28,[30][31][32][34][35][36]38,41,43,[48][49][50]54,55 ; two of them specifically on long-acting reversible contraception. 8,49 One study described a preclinical, case-based, flipped-classroom model of teaching contraceptive pharmacology.…”