Change in Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward Social Issues After a Course in Behavioral Science

Autor: Maisiak, Richard, Meredith, Ronald, Boker, John, Rider-Gordon, Betty, Scott, Lowell
Zdroj: Academic Psychiatry; December 1980, Vol. 4 Issue: 4 p309-312, 4p
Abstrakt: The attitudes of first-year medical students toward social issues in medicine were measured before and after a course in Behavioral Science to test the hypothesis that medical students attitudes towards social issues could be improved by a specific educational experience. Pre and post data from the Attitudes Towards Social Issues in Medicine (ATSIM) reveal that first-year medical students attitudes toward the social and behavioral determinants of patient health did improve after the course. Further analysis of pre and post-course ATSIM data indicates that medical students attitudes toward the allied health professions also improved. While the results differ from several previous studies, the data suggest that a course in Behavioral Science not only affects the cognitive knowledge of the students but also affects their attitudes towards social issues.
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