Journal of Education and Health Promotion 2277-9531 5 2 2015 03 01 General practitioners’ encounters in rural and urban care centers in Isfahan with gynecological/obstetric and pediatric diseases 1 4 26689 EN . Athar Omid . Batool Eghbali Department of Medical Education, Medical Education Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran . Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard Department of Physiology, Applied Physiology Research Center, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, . Vahid Ashoorion Journal Article 2023 01 25 Context: General practitioners should be competent to be accountable for patients’ needs,<br />but they do not acquire core competencies during education in medical schools. Aims: This<br />study was aimed at determine the most usual obstetric and gynecological as well as pediatric<br />diseases in rural and urban care centers in Isfahan province. Settings and Design: This is a<br />cross‑sectional descriptive study which was done in Isfahan province in 2011. Sixty‑four physicians<br />(general practitioners) in rural and urban health care centers in Isfahan province participated in<br />this study. Subjects and Methods: Participants completed valid and reliable questionnaires for<br />gynecological/obstetric and pediatric diseases. These questionnaires included some demographic<br />data and diseases of each category (according to general medicine curriculum). Scales 1‑5 for<br />each disease referral times was determined respectively as: Rare, sometimes, weekly to monthly,<br />daily to weekly and daily. Statistical Analysis Used: The data were descriptively analyzed by<br />SPSS 11.5(SPSS Inc. in Chicago). Results: Nearly 43.7% of participants were male. The mean<br />age of participants was 39.0 ± 7.0 and their mean working experience was 11.3 ± 5.9 years. The<br />highest referral times’ score in rural and urban care centers in gynecological and obstetric group<br />was vaginal discharge; in pediatrics, it was the common cold. Conclusions: In this study, the<br />extent to which general practitioners encountered different gynecological/obstetric and pediatric<br />diseases in rural and urban care centers in Isfahan province was determined. Although, these<br />data are useful for decision makers to establish medical core curriculum, other factors such as<br />seasonal load of diseases should also be observed to determine the differences between rural<br />and urban care centers in most usual diseases of women and children.<br /><br /> https://jehp.mui.ac.ir/article_26689_2c1b748dffe74069de48429ee20cfc96.pdf