The effects of a brief educational intervention on medical students ’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards low back pain

Conclusions After watching the educational video students’ knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards LBP improved and thus aligned more closely with evidence-based guidelines. Implications Medical doctors are at the forefront of managing low back pain in the community, however there is a need to strengthen musculoskeletal education in medical training programmes. The results from this research suggest educational interventions on back pain do not need to be extensive in order to have favourable outcomes on medical students’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards back pain. The translational effects of these changes into clinical practice are not known.
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research