ТЕСТОВА ОЦІНКА ЗНАНЬ З ОТОЛАРИНГОЛОГІЇ ВИПУСКНИКІВ ІНТЕРНАТУРИ ЗА СПЕЦІАЛЬНІСТЮ «ЗАГАЛЬНА ПРАКТИКА – СІМЕЙНА МЕДИЦИНА»

Purpose: to assess the knowledge of internship graduates in the specialty “General Practice – Family Medicine” on the subject of diagnosing otolaryngological pathology. Materials and Methods. Testing was conducted on 37 internship graduates in the specialty “General Practice – Family Medicine”. A test of 15 questions was used, structured according to three thematic blocks: ear diseases, throat diseases, nose and paranasal sinuses diseases. The assessment was carried out on a dichotomous scale (5 points – correct answer, 0 points – incorrect). A statistical analysis of the results was conducted to determine the frequency of correct answers, mean values and standard deviations, and a substantive analysis of the answers for dominant discrepancies in the diagnosis of otolaryngological diseases. Results. The general level of knowledge of internship graduates was quite high, but differed by topics and nosological forms. The best results were obtained on the topic of nose and paranasal sinuses diseases. At the same time, some diseases were identified that caused significant difficulties in diagnosis: Meniere’s disease (percentage of correct answers in 64,9 % of respondents, score 3,2 ± 2,4 points), impaired patency of the auditory tube (respectively 59,5 %, score 2,9 ± 2,5 points), retropharyngeal abscess (respectively 64,9 %, score 3,2 ± 2,4 points), follicular angina (respectively 75,7 %, score 3,8 ± 2,2 points), maxillary sinus cyst (respectively 40,5 %, score 2,0 ± 2,4 points). Conclusions. The general level of knowledge of internship graduates in the diagnosis of ENT pathology is sufficient, however, gaps have been identified in the diagnosis of certain common diseases, which necessitates the improvement of undergraduate and postgraduate training of future general practitioners-family doctors using clinically-oriented teaching methods and systematic assessment of their professional competence.