Attitudes towards patients with mental illness in Irish medical students
| Autor: | P. Casey, D. Pillay, Kevin M. Malone, L. Wilson, Abbie Lane, Mary Clarke, K. O’ Connor, Daria Brennan, K. O’ Loughlin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Students Medical Medical psychology Attitude of Health Personnel Teaching method education MEDLINE Stigma (botany) Young Adult Sex Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Young adult Psychiatry Physician-Patient Relations Stereotyping Academic year business.industry Mental Disorders General Medicine Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health Family medicine Female business Ireland Prejudice Education Medical Undergraduate |
| Zdroj: | Irish Journal of Medical Science. 182:679-685 |
| ISSN: | 1863-4362 0021-1265 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11845-013-0955-5 |
| Popis: | A positive attitude to patients with mental illness is important in all branches of medicine, as it can impact on the quality of care patients receive from doctors. Attitudes of preclinical medical students is an under researched area. This study aims to (1) assess the attitudes of preclinical and clinical medical students to patients with mental illness and (2) assess the effect of two modules taught using different teaching methods on students’ attitudes to patients with mental illness. During the same academic year all students (N = 394) completing the year 3 preclinical psychiatry module and the final year psychiatry module completed an attitudinal questionnaire at the beginning and following completion of the module. Seventy-two percent of students completed both pre- and post-module questionnaires in full (n = 285). There was no significant difference in attitudes displayed by preclinical and clinical medical students prior to starting their respective modules. An association was found between female gender and more tolerant attitudes (r = 0.20, p = 0.02). Students who knew someone with experience of mental illness were associated with more tolerant attitudes (r = 0.32, p |
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