Undergraduate exposure and confidence to amputations and amputee care: a national survey of final-year UK medical students
Significant gaps exist in undergraduate education on amputation care, contributing to low student confidence. Structured teaching, enhanced clinical exposure, and collaboration with specialist organisations are urgently needed. A national framework would ensure consistent preparation for managing patients with amputations across UK graduates.
Authors
- Saleha Irshad
- A. M. Baczynska
- Mitesh Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3975-4689)
- Ameen Mahmood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1017-3242)
- Matthew Wordsworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8333-1830)
- Abhyuday Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9247-6713)
- Roshni Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1399-3131)
- Emily Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6235-7425)
- C E Cross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5345-9614)
- Kwabena Dankwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5655-7260)
- Sanjeev Kotecha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5264-9686)
- Ian Abbott
- Gurjit Sohal
- Louise Bowden
- Helena Macdonald
- Rabindra P. Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4332-1085)
- Lavanya Natarajan
- Nimesh S. A. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9280-5815)
- Vanessa Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1043-9925)
- Omar Farooq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4648-2733)
- Becky Leveridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5847-495X)
- J Maliyil
- Hiya Grover (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5771-7669)
- Andrei Balan
- Vaishvi Dalal
- K. Chin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8994-5219)
- A. Hadj Sahraoui
- Rahman Jamal
- A. Galla
- Iihan Ali
- Malaika Ali
- Alaaldeen Mohamed
- Gwennan Shewring
- Sofia Breeze
- Aditya Bose-Mandal
- Chandan Sekhon
- Bethany Hatten
- Charlotte Rose Bairstow
- Judy Elfakharany
- Tom Renny
- Alice Gait
- Charlotte Nicollin
- Mark Ramzy-Riad
- Ryan Baguley
- Samuel Gamblin
- Sameera Oruganti
- Wibah Ibrahim Adnan
- Abinaya Arulalagan
- Jenin Ola
- Roni Parnes
- Agnese Tiranti
- Simran Khutan
- Leo Hird
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- King's College School (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-08027-4
- Primary Topic
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00