Anina Pless, Roman Hari, Michael Harris
Why are medical students so motivated to learn ultrasound skills? A qualitative study
BMC medical education
mild respiratory infections common reason consultation paediatrics emergency department primary care clinics conditions mostly viral selflimiting significant impact healthcare system school work absenteeism family routines despite common banal illnesses medical perspective involve significant concern families main objective contrast study compare perceptions parents paediatricians regarding mild respiratory infections childhood impact family conciliation two online crosssectional surveys conducted among spanish paediatricians parents children aged 6 months 12 years involving 504 paediatricians 1447 families questions attitudes towards visits paediatric consultation care burden minor pathologies work family conciliation treatment prevention illnesses results showed significant differences paediatricians parents perceptions many aspects according 345 paediatricians 27 parents families regularly go paediatrician without scheduled visit 4 parents report selfmedicated child paediatricians raise percentage significantly 48 regarding question normal child average 4 colds year 255 surveyed families strongly agree unlike 702 paediatricians 728 paediatricians strongly agree opinion good children get sick improve immune system reduced 459 parents consultations minor pathologies represent high workload 609 paediatricians opinion agreed 189 parents mild respiratory infections childhood perceived differently paediatricians parents paediatricians perceive common manageable phenomenon parents tend show higher concern demand medical attention study underlines need improve communication paediatricians parents align perceptions optimise use health system resources improve efficiency management common paediatric illnesses