title: [Knowledge and attitudes of medical students at the end of their curriculum, towards breast and cervical cancer screening].
abstract: This study assesses knowledge and attitudes of medical students of the faculty of medicine of Tunis, at the end of their medical curriculum, towards breast and cervical cancer screening. Among the 644 medical students at the end of their curriculum, 592 answered to anonymous questionnaire (response rate = 92%). Results show that 34.1% have proposed systematic cervical cancer screening. This proportion was 61.0% for clinical breast cancer examination. The majority of students (70.2%) proposed to start this cervical screening since the first sexual activities. As for the periodicity of this screening, 44.2% are favourable for a yearly periodicity, 39.2% for every three years, 7.2% for every five years and 9.4% for a periodicity at least once in life. 94.1% of students declared to have learned clinical breast examination, contrarily to pap smear, for which this proportion was only 55.1%. Breast and cervical cancer control training, in the faculty of medicine of Tunis, is insufficient and should be improved and restructured.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé Publique 5-7 Rue Khartoum-1002, Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hsairi
authors.forename: Heger Ben
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Gobrane
authors.forename: Nissaf Ben
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Alaya
authors.forename: Ridha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bellaaj
authors.forename: Noureddine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Achour
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000462:Algeria; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003479:Curriculum; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D010808:Physical Examination; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014626:Vaginal Smears