Medical Student Perception of Lifestyle Medicine and Willingness to Engage in Lifestyle Counseling: A Pilot Study of Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Students.

Autor:	Lee JS; The Department of Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical School, Loma Linda, California., Xierali IM; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas., Jaini PA; Department of Psychiatry, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas., Jetpuri Z; Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas., Papa F; Department of Medical Education, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	American journal of lifestyle medicine [Am J Lifestyle Med] 2021 Apr 05; Vol. 17 (2), pp. 280-289. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Apr 05 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1177/15598276211004449
Abstrakt:	Introduction . This study assessed medical students' perception of lifestyle medicine and readiness to engage in lifestyle counseling. Methods . All medical students in one allopathic and one osteopathic medical school received a survey involving items designed to measure their awareness and interest in lifestyle medicine, perception of physicians serving as lifestyle role models for patients, and intent to practice lifestyle counseling. Results . Two hundred and eight-nine subjects (145 allopathic and 144 osteopathic students) responded to the survey. A total of 24.1% of responding allopathic students had heard about lifestyle medicine compared with 53.9% of responding osteopathic students ( P < .01). A total of 90.5% of allopathic students rated their current knowledge of lifestyle medicine as inadequate or poor compared with 78.7% of osteopathic students ( P < .01). Ninety-two percent of all respondents wanted to learn more about lifestyle medicine, while 95.2% believed they would provide more effective counseling if they were trained sufficiently to serve as a healthy lifestyle role model for their patients. Conclusions . Both cohorts favored learning more about lifestyle medicine and believed physicians should provide lifestyle counseling to patients with chronic diseases. Given these findings, and the demonstrated benefits of lifestyle medicine-based health care, the authors suggest that training in lifestyle medicine be increased in undergraduate medical education. Competing Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. (© 2021 The Author(s).)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
Externí odkaz:	Zobrazit plný text záznamu