[The Global Initiative for Asthma and familial medicine-resident physicians. Impact of an educational strategy].
BACKGROUND
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) provides effective medical care to asthmatic patients. Knowledge and appropriate handling of GINAS' management guidelines for medicine residents significantly reduce asthma morbidity and mortality.


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the level of knowledge about asthma on Global initiative for Asthma program before and after an educational strategy in residents.


METHODS
Forty-four residents of first, second, and third grade of UMF No. 21 and No. 28 took part in this project A magisterial lecture and a workshop about clinical cases on asthma were carried out. The lecture lasted three hours and asthma surveys, before and after the educational strategy; were applied. Descriptive statistics as well as t test in SPSS were used for statistical analysis.


RESULTS
Average grade of the 44 residents before the workshop was of 4.24 +/- 1.6, and after the workshop of 6.00 +/- 1.71. Therewere no significant differences among groups peryear of medical residency onthe initial assessment; however, residents of first year showed an increment on asthma knowledge (p < 0.05) in the subsequent test. There were no differences among groups.


CONCLUSIONS
Asthma educational workshops increase residents' awareness of asthma, mainly first-year medical students.
Segura Méndez
Nora Hilda
NH
Servicio de alergía e inmunología clínica, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, México, DF. norasegura@yahoo.com.mx
Barragán Estrada
María de la Luz
Mde L
Guido Bayardo
Ricardo
R
Torres Salazar
Augusto
A
Angélica Herrera
Sonia
S
Hernández Martínez
José Eduardo
JE
Parra Román
Miriam
M
Cortés Hernández
Rodrigo
R
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male