Quantitative techniques used for analyzing the geographical particularities of patients with acute coronary syndromes

Abstract

A priority of medical university education is that to train students to work on completing their studies in university research departments of medicine or university hospitals. The aim of this work was to provide students from several universities of medicine methods used to analyze geographic features of patients with acute myocardial infarction hospitalized in different regions of Romania. We made up groups of students from the fourth year of study from five medical universities. We chose students from the fourth year of study because the cardiology module is included in the curricula of this academic year. Each of these groups was guided by a teacher of the Department of Cardiology. At each university we made up a database pursuing the same variables related to: demographic data, the mode of the addressability of patients in hospital, the time for presentation to the hospital compared to the time of onset of symptoms, investigations performed, types of treatment administered, evolution and complications. Data centralization was done in a database in SPSS and we used statistical methods for data processing. The interrelation between students of several universities made it possible to create a national database and presentation of results is a step leading up to the development of national registers of study of various medical conditions.