AWARENESS LEVEL OF PEDIATRICS STUDENTS ABOUT THE TACTICS OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS

TThis paper presents an assessment of the awareness of final year students of the pediatric faculty of Kursk State Medical University (KSMU) about the tactics of diagnosis and treatment of atopic dermatitis using an anonymous survey of 56 students in the Goggle Forms program.
53.6% of students correctly indicated the age limits of the infant form of blood pressure; 46.4% chose the wrong answer. According to future doctors, a patient with AD must be observed by a pediatrician (96.4%) and an allergist-immunologist (98.2%), while a dermatologist is given a secondary role in deciding on the treatment of the child (33.9%). According to 58.9% of students, atopic dermatitis is always combined with food allergies, which is an erroneous opinion. 17.9% of students believe that there is not always a direct connection between blood pressure and food allergies, and 23.2% of students found it difficult to answer this question. 35.7% of students chose systemic corticosteroids as a mandatory component of active external therapy, 41.1% voted for the use of topical corticosteroids, 8.9% believed that an elimination diet was necessary during treatment, and 14.3% chose the use of emollients as mandatory component of the treatment regimen.
  Analyzing the results of the survey, we can say that students of Kursk Medical University are sufficiently informed about such a disease as atopic dermatitis: most students are well versed in the classification of blood pressure, methods of diagnosis and interpretation of the data obtained, the choice of drugs for treatment, and what specialties doctors should observe a child with HELL. But it should also be noted that a number of students had difficulties in the question of whether atopic dermatitis is always combined with food allergies, and 45.5% had a misunderstanding of the purpose of the SCORAD scale.

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