fa آگاهی دانشجویان سال آخردانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند نسبت به تریاژ بیمارستانی (1390) General پژوهشي Research Article Background and AimHospital triage is a necessary function of the emergency department which is done by emergency nurses. There is little available information of students' knowledge about hospital triage in the emergency department. The present study aimed at assessing BUMS' students' Knowledge about hospital triage in Birjand in 2011.   Materials and MethodThis was a cross- sectional analytical study whose subjects were all the senior students of medicine, nursing, and emergency medical service. The tool for collecting data was a researcher designed questionnaire consisting of 25 questions divided into three sectionsdemography information, familiarity with hospital triage (15 questions), and making decisions on hospital triage proceedings (10 questions) .Total grade of knowledge was 25. The obtained data was analysed by means of SPSS, statistical tests including and independent t, and one-way variance analysis at the significant level α=0.05.   Resultstotally, 120 students whose mean age was 23±2.01 were assessed. Their mean knowledge was 7.3±2.4, which shows their weakness in this respect. No significant difference was observed in the mean knowledge of the students regarding sex, field of study, and average.   ConclusionMedical students little knowledge of hospital triage can be due to lack of exclusive triage educational courses and not having emergency departments make evidence- based decisions. Triage,Awareness,Students,Emergency Service,Hospital 237 244 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-408&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Hayedeh Hedayati هایده هدایتی 10031947532846004152 10031947532846004152 No Instructor, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran عضو هیات علمی دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران Marzieh Mogharrab مرضیه مقرب 10031947532846004153 10031947532846004153 Yes Instructor, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran. Email: marziehmogharab@yahoo.com عضو هیات علمی دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران. تلفن: 0561443041 پست الکترونیک: marziehmogharab@yahoo.com Narges Moasheri نرگس معاشری 10031947532846004154 10031947532846004154 No Instructor, Faculty of Public Health and Member of Research Center of Family & Environmental Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran عضو هیات علمی دانشکده بهداشت و عضو مرکز تحقیقات سلامت خانواده و محیط دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران Gholamreza Sharifzadeh غلامرضا شریف‌زاده 10031947532846004155 10031947532846004155 No Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Birjand, Iran عضو هیات علمی دانشکده پزشکی و عضو مرکز تحقیقات سلامت خانواده و جامعه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند، ایران