WAN Alkamar Shah, WAN Nurul Husna (2018) Knowledge Of Clinical Transfusion Among Postgraduate Residents In Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Background: Blood transfusion is one of common therapy prescribed by clinicians. Despite that, injudicious and unsafe transfusion contributes to leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally, as it jeopardizes quality of care and cause wastage of blood product resource. Therefore, it is vital that clinicians, mainly postgraduate residents to possess knowledge of clinical transfusion. The current level of knowledge among postgraduate residents in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) is not yet known. Objectives: To study the clinical transfusion knowledge level among postgraduate residents within the Departments of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Accident and Emergency, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Surgery, and General Medicine in HUSM in 2017. Study design and method: This is a cross-sectional study using a validated selfadministered questions involving 210 participants between Year 1 to Year 4 postgraduate residents within five departments in HUSM. The validated assessment tool consists of six demographics survey (department, age, gender, working experience, postgraduate year, formal training in clinical transfusion) and 20 questions on clinical transfusion knowledge (total score of 20). Score of 0 - 9 are categorised as 'poor' knowledge and score of 10- 20 are categorised as 'good' knowledge. Results: Majority of participants (27.6%) are from Department of Accident and Emergency. Based on postgraduate year, Year 1 accounts for majority of participants (31.9%). Mean (SD) age is 32.9 (1.45). Number of male and female participants are nearly balanced which are 104 (49.5%) and 106 (50.5%) respectively. Formal training was attended by 111 (52.9%) of participants. Mean (SD) working experience is 7.46 (1.07) years. A total of 125 (59.5%) participants have poor knowledge level. Mean (SD) score is 8.77 (1.77). No majority of participants in each variable tested reported to have good knowledge status. No significant association found between the demographic factors (department, gender, age, postgraduate year, working experience, formal training) with the knowledge status in this study. Conclusion: In general, more than half of the participants had poor knowledge status in clinical transfusion. However, no significant associations found between demographic factors and knowledge status. This study reflects the lack of knowledge among clinicians in some aspects of clinical transfusion. Thus, Blood Transfusion Service in HUSM should focus on collaboration with the respective clinical departments to conduct continuous medical educational (CME) sessions and speciality based training for the improvement of knowledge of clinical transfusion among postgraduate residents.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Institut Perubatan & Pergigian Termaju (Advanced Medical & Dental Institute (AMDI)) > Thesis |
| Depositing User: | NOR HASHIMY BIN ABDULLAH |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2026 02:34 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2026 02:34 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/64636 |
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