Attitudes of medical students toward psychiatry in a Chilean medical school.
Acad Psychiatry
; 38(3): 309-11, 2014 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-24668370
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The authors assess the attitudes of seventh-year medical students with regard to psychiatry and patients with psychiatric illness during the psychiatry clerkship.METHODS:
A 32-item questionnaire regarding attitudes toward psychiatry and patients with psychiatric illness was administered at the beginning of the psychiatry clerkship.RESULTS:
One hundred and ten seventh-year students participated in the study, providing responses anonymously. Average negative attitude item score was 2.45 ± 0.3 (range 1.7-3.3). Eighty-three students (75 %) responded to all the questions with an average negative attitude item score of 2.43 ± 0.3 (range 1.7-3.3) and a total negative attitude item score of 77.9 ± 10.3 (range 55-104).CONCLUSIONS:
Undergraduate students of a Chilean medical school showed fairly positive attitudes toward psychiatry and toward patients with psychiatric illness.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Psiquiatria
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Estudantes de Medicina
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article