Perception and Attitude of Surgical Trainees in Nigeria to Trauma Care

Table 1

Some of the perceptions among the study group.

S/N	Survey question	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
		N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
1	Every hospital should have a separate trauma care unit	117 (75)	32 (20.5)	3 (1.9)	4 (2.6)	0 (0)
2	Every hospital should have a dedicated trauma centre	60 (38.5)	52 (33.3)	15 (9.6)	28 (17.9)	1 (0.6)
3	Trauma training is beneficial to pre part 2 surgical trainees in all specialties	93 (60)	53 (34.2)	4 (2.6)	5 (3.2)	0 (0.6)
4	Trauma rotation should be made compulsory for pre part 2 surgical trainees in all specialties	68 (43.9)	42 (27.1)	23 (14.8)	18 (11.6)	4 (2.6)
5	Trainees on trauma posting should sleep in the hospital when on call	84 (54.2)	60 (38.7)	8 (5.2)	3 (1.9)	0 (0)
6	Trauma surgeons (consultants) should sleep in the hospital when on call	46 (29.5)	57 (36.5)	34 (21.8)	18 (11.5)	1 (0.6)
7	Separate dedicated trauma unit will improve trauma care and outcome	116 (74.4)	37 (23.7)	2 (1.3)	1 (0.6)	0 (0)