The impact of contact with psychiatry on senior medical students' attitudes toward psychiatry
The impact of contact with psychiatry on senior medical students' attitudes toward psychiatry
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01036.x
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发表时间：
2007-10-01
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Gyrd-Hansen, D.
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作者：
Holm-Petersen, C.;Vinge, S.;Gyrd-Hansen, D.
目的：调查丹麦医学生的态度，精神病学的吸引力作为一种职业的可能性，并评估这种态度的实际接触与psychiatry.Method的影响：基线调查包括222名高年级医学生，其中160人也进行了调查后，为期4周的精神科affiliation.Results：基线调查显示，精神病学被评为比其他专业群体更没有吸引力，在精神病病房担任健康助理有助于问题形象。然而，为期4周的精神科联系解决了一些形象的问题，并在这样的联系更多的医学生正在考虑专门从事精神病学。结论：本研究的结果表明，精神科联系可以影响学生的态度精神病学。观察到的态度变化导致这样一种假设，即精神病学的形象问题的某些方面源于对精神病学作为一种专业和精神科医生所做的实际工作的不充分了解。
Objective: To investigate the attitudes of Danish medical students as to the attractiveness of psychiatry as a career possibility and to asses the impact on such attitudes of actual contact with psychiatry.Method: A base-line survey included 222 senior medical students, of whom 160 were also surveyed subsequent to a 4-week psychiatric affiliation.Results: The base-line survey shows that psychiatry is rated as less attractive than other specialization groups, and that working as health assistants in psychiatric wards contributes to the problematic image. However, a 4-week psychiatric affiliation resolves a number of image issues, and following such an affiliation more medical students were considering specializing in psychiatry.Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that psychiatric affiliations can influence students' attitudes to psychiatry. The observed changes in attitudes lead to the presumption that some aspects of the image problem of psychiatry stem from inadequate knowledge of psychiatry as a specialty and the actual work psychiatrists perform.