A basic audit: knowledge and attitudes of teaching and nonteaching surgeons towards colorectal cancer
Isbister, W.H.; Dent, O.
New Zealand Medical Journal 100(818): 115-119
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446 PMID: 3470670 Document Number: 300609
In order to determine surgeons' knowledge of colorectal cancer in New Zealand and to see whether this knowledge was related to clinical practice a questionnaire was sent to all general surgeons on the New Zealand Medical Register. One hundred and twenty-three responses were received and analysed. Surgeons involved in student teaching had a better knowledge of this cancer than their nonteaching colleagus. There was a significant association between knowledge and attitudes towards screening, polyp removal and occult blood testing.