Assessment of opioid knowledge and attitudes among senior medical students in Taiwan’s pain education curriculum: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey
Among senior medical students in Taiwan, those who completed an elective pain medicine curriculum demonstrated enhanced knowledge of opioids, a more cautious attitude toward opioid use, and a willingness to receive further education on chronic pain management. Over 70% of students remained uncertain or incorrectly believed that there was an opioid crisis in Taiwan.
Authors
- Yung‐Chi Hsu
- Shung‐Tai Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8334-8675)
- Kuang‐I Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3766-6450)
- Chun‐Chang Yeh
- Tso‐Chou Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-2586)
- Jialin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7519-0545)
Institutions
- Tri-Service General Hospital (TW)
- Kaohsiung Medical University (TW)
- Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital (TW)
- National Defense Medical Center (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06043-4
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Tri-Service General Hospital