Undergraduate exposure and confidence to amputations and amputee care: a national survey of final-year UK medical students
Ameen Mahmood, Helena Macdonald, Iihan Ali, Gwennan Shewring, Sofia Breeze, Matthew Wordsworth, Amputation Exposure Collaborative · 2025
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BackgroundAmputations are complex procedures with profound physical, psychological, and social impacts. Despite their clinical importance, amputation care is poorly represented in UK undergraduate medical curricula. This study evaluates final-year medical students’ exposure, confidence, and perceptions regarding amputation care.MethodsA national, cross-sectional survey was distributed to final-year students across all 40 UK medical schools between August and December 2024.
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| CREATOR | Ameen Mahmood, Helena Macdonald, Iihan Ali, Gwennan Shewring, Sofia Breeze, Matthew Wordsworth, Amputation Exposure Collaborative |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |