Keyword jargon is tagged in the following 1 articles. This study was a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey. The target group consisted of dental students exposed to clinics (BDS in 3rd year and last year), home surgeons, PhD students and professors from five dental faculties in Ernakulam and Idukki districts of Kerala. A ready-to-use and validity-tested questionnaire was administered to the target population. After assessing apparent validity, content validity was assessed against the content validity index and the score was assessed at 0.87. The questionnaire was divided into two parts. The first part consisted of questions about personal and professional data, including age, gender and designation. The second part contained 15 questions about the acceptance and use of jargon in dental history. Two of the 15 questions were open-ended. Informed consent was obtained from respondents. The jargon used by respondents is presented in Table 3. This study showed widespread use of jargon and historical abbreviations among respondents. There is a lack of knowledge about standard medical abbreviations.
While the majority of respondents are satisfied with the use of jargon, the majority of graduate students and faculty believe that the use of jargon should be stopped. Given that lack of awareness is one of the most common reasons for this observation, efforts are recommended to improve awareness by integrating it into the curriculum. Faculty members have an important role to play in ensuring that students grasp case histories without abbreviations or jargon. Although studies evaluating the effects of jargon used by healthcare providers on patients have been reported in the literature, not even a single study was found in the available electronic literature that assessed the effects of jargon use among healthcare professionals. As mentioned earlier, given the much smaller world and major developments in communications, there must be unified collection and communication of medical data. While there is a certain amount of standard medical jargon, there is a serious lack of awareness about it, and there is productive use of abbreviations in medical history that are confused with standard medical jargon. This can often lead to a lack of effective communication between colleagues and patients. Since the history currently deserves great importance as a medical record, there must be consistency in the documentation of medical records. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the use of medical jargon among dentists and its effects on peers. Nearly half of the respondents used jargon in a history section and nearly 21% in the clinical examination. However, approximately 32% of respondents used abbreviations in all sections of the medical history (personal information, medical history, clinical examination, diagnosis and treatment). Although only half of respondents said they were familiar with standard medical abbreviations, about 65% said they only use standard abbreviations.
About 60% of respondents said they were familiar with the history of abbreviations, and only 10.4% were uncomfortable with using abbreviations when recording medical history. More than half of respondents had difficulty understanding the others` abbreviations. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess the acceptance and use of jargon in history among clinical dental students and dental faculty members of dental faculties in Ernakulam and Idukki districts of Kerala. Jargon is defined as “the language, especially vocabulary, specific to a particular trade, profession or group; medical jargon, plumbing jargon. All professions use this language shortcut, which serves as a means of communication between members, but effectively excludes all others. [1] It is very useful in a community that shares a common interest because it eliminates many redundancies of information. At the same time, it represents an obstacle for those who do not know it. [2] Communication errors caused by jargon are particularly common and harmful in health care.
All 549 respondents used jargon in the story. About 22.4% of respondents admitted to always using jargon and 55.8% admitted to using jargon only because of lack of time. The majority of respondents (71.4%) learned jargon from their peers. About 50% of respondents admitted to using jargon in one history section and about 32% of respondents in all medical history sections. About 74% felt that shortcuts should be allowed in the medical history. The use of jargon is very common in healthcare, especially in medical/dental records. While the use of standard medical jargon can be considered a professional and effective shortcut, a lack of knowledge of standard medical abbreviations and the incessant and overzealous use of slang among healthcare professionals can be a barrier to effective communication and understanding between patients and peers. The aim of this study was to assess the acceptance and use of jargon in history among clinical dental students and dental faculty members of dental faculties in Ernakulam and Idukki districts of Kerala. The authors of this manuscript declare that they have no real or perceived conflict of interest, financial or non-financial in this article.
Overly technical language in scientific articles not only tarnishes water for non-experts, it can alienate readers and potentially exclude them from scientific discussion and ideas. This is the result of a study published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology1, and it applies to articles of general interest as well as scientific articles. Language and especially jargon play a key role in this. Even assuming that all parties are proficient in a common language correctly – for example, international English – the same words can have markedly different meanings for people from different parts of the world. Jargon is an abbreviated form of language that encompasses implicit knowledge. [2] Copyright: © 2020 Shulman, Bullock. It is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license, which allows unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Medical jargon is often justified by the fact that it is a type of medical shorthand that allows for more effective communication when time is of the essence. These examples show that jargon is often less informative. [5] It should be noted that over 60% of respondents used jargon recording for the patient`s personal information and medical history. The medical history guidelines state that these sections require the use of language that the patient can understand.
[10] Since medical records are important legal evidence in medico-legal cases, the consistency of their records must be strictly preserved. In addition to a shorter review period, the fee supports the ongoing operation and open access publication model of the journal. Standard submissions are always free. Submit Now” As medical students, family surgeons and residents, we learn this from our colleagues and attending physicians who should know better. We hear it at conferences and conferences. We read it in magazines and textbooks. Eventually, we get used to it and no longer realize how ugly it is and how often it interferes with effective communication. [5] All respondents used jargon when collecting history. About 22.4% of respondents admitted to always using jargon and 55.8% admitted to using jargon only when there was a lack of time.
About 62.6% used shortcuts because it saved time, and about 49.2% used them because it was simple. The majority of respondents (71.4%) learned jargon from their peers, and 38.25% reported learning it from their teachers. A very important observation in this study was that the 549 respondents in the study used jargon in their story. In addition, only 56% of respondents admitted to using jargon solely due to lack of time. This habit is significantly more prevalent among students than among family surgeons and professors. This highlights the fact that the use of jargon/shorthand has become an integral part of writing for a significant portion of the population. The growing and overzealous use of short message services and social media can play an important role in this. It has indeed become a topical issue.