Tuberculosis Through The Eyes Of Students From The Medical College Stara Zagora

Abstract

Despite past successes in the field of infectious pathology and the treatment of tuberculosis over the past century, it remains important and still a serious challenge, and remains a nationwide social, medical and economic problem. It is possible to isolate, identify and determine the drug sensitivity of each particular M. tuberculosis strain and to monitor the response to the treatment of each patient only by microbiological methods. Timely diagnosis and treatment is also essential for the restriction of multidrug-resistant forms (MDRs) of the disease and the treatment of patients. Objective: To study and analyze the self-assessment of the knowledge of the laboratory assistant specialty students in Medical College - Stara Zagora for Tuberculosis. Materials and methods: An anonymous poll was conducted in June 2018 among 30 students (15 from the second and 15 from the third course). The statistical processing of empirical data has been done with the STATISTICA package for statistical analysis in social sciences. The results indicate a good knowledge of the sources of infection, the risk groups and the transmission mechanisms. Students are well acquainted with the methods for proving and monitoring the disease (including non-laboratory).