Attitudes of Medical Students Toward Psychiatry in a Chilean Medical School

Valdivieso, S; Sirhan, M; Aguirre, C; Ivelic, JA; Aillach, E; Villarroel L.

Abstract

The authors assess the attitudes of seventh-year medical students with regard to psychiatry and patients with psychiatric illness during the psychiatry clerkship. A 32-item questionnaire regarding attitudes toward psychiatry and patients with psychiatric illness was administered at the beginning of the psychiatry clerkship. 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). Undergraduate students of a Chilean medical school showed fairly positive attitudes toward psychiatry and toward patients with psychiatric illness.

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Título según WOS: Attitudes of Medical Students Toward Psychiatry in a Chilean Medical School
Título según SCOPUS: Attitudes of medical students toward psychiatry in a chilean medical school
Título de la Revista: ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY
Volumen: 38
Número: 3
Editorial: Springer
Fecha de publicación: 2014
Página de inicio: 309
Página final: 311
Idioma: English
DOI:

10.1007/s40596-014-0089-8

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS