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10/25/2016  |   9:45 AM - 11:00 AM   |  BGPOP Building 402/403/404

Resident Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Relation to Newborn Hearing Screening at Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center

The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a population of about 89 million people. It has an annual birth rate of 2 million, which equates to 4 babies born per minute. Based on an estimated incidence in developing countries of 6 per 1,000 infants with permanent congenital and early-onset hearing loss, there would be 12,000 such infants born each year in the Philippines. In an effort to provide early detection and intervention for infants with permanent hearing loss, universal newborn hearing screening has become the standard of care throughout the Philippines. The Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention Act (RA 9709) was signed in August 2009, requiring all healthcare practitioners to inform parents prior to delivery of the availability, procedures and benefits of hearing screening for neonates and infants 3 months of age and below. Physicians play a vital role by educating families regarding newborn hearing screening and its results, to ensure appropriate follow-up care and surveillance. The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices amongst resident physicians from training Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center in relation to the newborn hearing screening.

• To determine the level of knowledge of resident physicians at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center on newborn hearing screening
• To evaluate the skills of resident physicians at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center on newborn hearing screening
• To assess the attitudes of resident physicians at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center on newborn hearing screening

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Emmanuel Dela Cruz (Primary Presenter), Philippine Medical Association, Pangasinan Medical Association, mano_738@yahoo.com;
Emmanuel R. Dela Cruz, MD, DPBOHNS Fellow, Neuro-Otology Section Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital

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