Malaysian medical students' perceptions of a film to promote psychiatry as a career
| Autor: | Fahad Saleem, Arokiamary Bharathy, Joseph Jacob Panikulam, Koay Jun Min, Umadevi Vasudevan, Azmi Hassali, Vincent Russell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Students Medical Career Choice business.industry Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Motion Pictures Malaysia Preference Psychiatry and Mental health Young Adult Overall response rate Ranking Perception medicine Humans Transcultural Psychiatry Female Psychiatry business Career choice Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. 23(2) |
| ISSN: | 1440-1665 |
| Popis: | Objective: We aimed to evaluate perceptions of a Royal College of Psychiatrists promotional film among Malaysian medical students. Methods: Year 3 ( n=108) and Year 5 ( n=108) students completed separate standard measures of attitudes to psychiatry: the ATP 30 and Balon scales, respectively. A questionnaire was also administered recording students’ socio-demographic information, career preferences, perceptions of the film’s effectiveness and its influence on career choice. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of responses were performed. Results: The overall response rate was 95.5%. Mean career preference ranking for psychiatry was higher for Year 5 than for Year 3 ( p=0.025). For most Year 3 (64.8%) and Year 5 (58.3%) respondents the film conveyed a positive image of psychiatry. Fewer perceived it as influencing career choice: 31.4% for Year 3 and 27.2% for Year 5. Higher scores on both attitudinal scales correlated positively with increasing likelihood of students rating the film positively (Year 3: p=0.000; Year 5: p=0.003). Thematic content analysis suggested possible socio-cultural influences on students’ perceptions. Conclusions: Despite conveying a positive image of psychiatry, promotional films may have limited impact in changing students’ attitudes towards psychiatry and in increasing interest in psychiatry as a career. |
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