Cerebral palsy: What do medical students know and believe?
Cerebral palsy: What do medical students know and believe?
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00534.x
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Reddihough, DS
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作者：
Martin, HL;Rowell, MM;Reddihough, DS
目的：对残疾人的消极态度，包括脑瘫，可能与对残疾的误解或缺乏了解有关。如果由医生持有，它们可能对残疾人的护理产生不利影响。本研究的目的是检查医学生对脑瘫的知识和态度，并检查录像带的影响“了解脑瘫”对这两个areas.Methods：的态度和知识，对脑瘫的54名医学生在他们的倒数第二年之前和之后，观看了一个视频制作的教育卫生专业人员对脑瘫。他们进行了评估，使用自填式问卷，专门为研究，改编自以前验证的questionnaires.Results：这些医学生一般有有限的知识，脑瘫和表现出消极的态度，对脑瘫的人。研究还发现，男性的积极态度比女性少（P = 0.014），主要在亚洲受教育的学生比主要在澳大利亚受教育的学生积极态度少（P = 0.012）。录像带被证明是有效的，以提高学生对脑瘫的知识。一个小的，但显着的改善态度也显示（P = 0.014），与一些学生的态度显着改善。然而，消极的态度仍然在许多。结论：根据研究结果，结构化教学脑瘫是必要的医学课程在墨尔本大学。需要进一步促进对脑瘫和其他残疾人的积极态度。
Objectives: Negative attitudes toward people with disabilities, including cerebral palsy, may be related to misunderstandings or lack of knowledge about the disability. If held by medical practitioners, they can have detrimental implications for the care of people with disabilities. The purposes of this study were to examine the knowledge and attitudes of medical students regarding cerebral palsy and to examine the effects of the videotape 'Understanding Cerebral Palsy' on these two areas.Methods: The attitudes and knowledge regarding cerebral palsy of 54 medical students in their penultimate year were measured before and after watching a video produced to educate health professionals about cerebral palsy. They were assessed using a self-administered questionnaire constructed specifically for the study, adapted from previously validated questionnaires.Results: These medical students generally had limited knowledge about cerebral palsy and displayed negative attitudes toward people with cerebral palsy. It was also found that males had less positive attitudes than females (P = 0.014) and that students educated mainly in Asia had less positive attitudes than students educated mainly in Australia (P = 0.012). The videotape was shown to be effective in improving the students' knowledge about cerebral palsy. A small but significant improvement in attitudes was also shown (P = 0.014), with the attitudes of some students improving dramatically. However, negative attitudes remained in many.Conclusions: Based on the findings, structured teaching about cerebral palsy is necessary within the medical curriculum at the University of Melbourne. Greater promotion of positive attitudes toward people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities is required.