Practise what you preach: an assessment of asthma self-management amongst medical students at the Hull York Medical School

This abstract explores asthma self-management among medical students at Hull York Medical School. The study assessed reliever inhaler use, preventer adherence, inhaler technique, and barriers to self-management. Key findings include SABA overuse in 19% of participants, only 16% adherence to preventer therapy, and no improvement between pre-clinical and clinical students, suggesting training alone does not change behaviour. The abstract highlights the knowledge-behaviour gap and proposes practical interventions for university populations. Readers are encouraged to reflect on their own health behaviours and consider how personal practice influences patient care.