O Cinema como Recurso Educacional no Ensino de Atitudes Humanísticas a Estudantes de Medicina

ABSTRACT Introduction Contemporary medical education prioritizes the development of scientific knowledge and technical skills, associated with professional attitudes. Attitudes are components of affective ability and influence medical practice, so they should be taught systematically during undergraduate training. The use of films as a pedagogical resource in medical training allows reflection on the biopsychosocial context in which the patient is inserted, contributing to the development of humanistic attitudes among students and future physicians. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of cinema as an educational resource in teaching humanistic attitudes to medical students. Material and Methods A cross-sectional, quasi-experimental, qualitative and quantitative study was carried out with 107 students from the first to sixth year of the medical course of the Federal University of Amapá. The Medical Students Attitude Scale (validated by the author Maria de Fátima Colares, 2002) was used before and after the exhibition of films related to relevant themes in the medical area. This psychometric scale is composed of multiple-choice Likert-type responses and aims to assess the attitudes of medical students regarding the following factors: primary health care; psychological and emotional aspects involved in diseases; ethical aspects in professional practice; mental illness, death-related situations; scientific research. The Wilcoxon Rank Test was used to compare data from paired samples. Results All the factors evaluated by the medical students attitudes scale related to relevant aspects of medical practice showed a significant increase in the frequency of positive attitudes (p < 0.05) among the first- to fourth-year students following the cinema sessions. The fifth- and sixth-year students did not present significant changes in attitudes related to death, mental illness and contribution to the scientific advancement of medicine. Conclusion Cinema is an effective pedagogical tool in teaching humanistic attitudes in the preclinical series of the medical course.

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Attitudes toward people with mental illness among medical students

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice ◽

10.4103/0976-3147.154569 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 06 (04) ◽

pp. 001-002

Author(s):

Vijayalakshmi Poreddi ◽

Rohini Thimmaiah ◽

Suresh Bada Math

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Psychiatric Education ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Self Reporting Questionnaire

ABSTRACT Background: Globally, people with mental illness frequently encounter stigma, prejudice, and discrimination by public and health care professionals. Research related to medical students’f attitudes toward people with mental illness is limited from India. Aim: The aim was to assess and compare the attitudes toward people with mental illness among medical students’. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was carried out among medical students, who were exposed (n = 115) and not exposed (n = 61) to psychiatry training using self-reporting questionnaire. Results: Our findings showed improvement in students’ attitudes after exposure to psychiatry in benevolent (t = 2.510, P < 0.013) and stigmatization (t = 2.656, P < 0.009) domains. Further, gender, residence, and contact with mental illness were the factors that found to be influencing students’ attitudes toward mental illness. Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest that psychiatric education proved to be effective in changing the attitudes of medical students toward mental illness to a certain extent. However, there is an urgent need to review the current curriculum to prepare undergraduate medical students to provide holistic care to the people with mental health problems.

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Attitudes toward people with mental illness among medical students

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice ◽

10.4103/0976-3147.154564 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (03) ◽

pp. 349-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Vijayalakshmi Poreddi ◽

Rohini Thimmaiah ◽

Suresh Bada Math

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Psychiatric Education ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Self Reporting Questionnaire

ABSTRACT Background: Globally, people with mental illness frequently encounter stigma, prejudice, and discrimination by public and health care professionals. Research related to medical students′ attitudes toward people with mental illness is limited from India. Aim: The aim was to assess and compare the attitudes toward people with mental illness among medical students′. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was carried out among medical students, who were exposed (n = 115) and not exposed (n = 61) to psychiatry training using self-reporting questionnaire. Results: Our findings showed improvement in students′ attitudes after exposure to psychiatry in benevolent (t = 2.510, P < 0.013) and stigmatization (t = 2.656, P < 0.009) domains. Further, gender, residence, and contact with mental illness were the factors that found to be influencing students′ attitudes toward mental illness. Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest that psychiatric education proved to be effective in changing the attitudes of medical students toward mental illness to a certain extent. However, there is an urgent need to review the current curriculum to prepare undergraduate medical students to provide holistic care to the people with mental health problems.

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Attitudes of Israeli Medical Students Towards the Medical Treatment of Uninsured Migrants

10.21203/rs.2.12590/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Zohar Mor ◽

Adam Cadesky ◽

Ran Halleluyan ◽

Rivka Sheffer

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Medical Training ◽

Medical Schools ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Professional Responsibilities ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Societal Expectations

Abstract Background: Undocumented migration to developed countries poses practical concerns, as migrants are not medically insured. This cross-sectional study aims to appraise the attitudes of Israeli medical students towards the uninsured migrant population. Methods: Participants from five medical schools in Israel completed anonymous questionnaires in Hebrew, based on the "Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward the Underserved" (MSATU), which assessed students' attitudes regarding the professional responsibility and societal expectations towards the migrants. It also evaluated students' views of the migrants as eligible for expensive medical procedures. Results: A total of 891 students completed the survey with a median age of 28 years. The majority were Jews (N=816, 91.6%) and singles (N=681, 68.5%). Participants in the pre-clinical years were likely to be female and unmarried compared to those in clinical training. They also demonstrated higher scores on professional responsibilities and societal expectations than students in clinical training, but no significant differences were found in their views on expensive medical services. Students of minorities (non-Jews and migrants) scored higher on professional responsibilities and societal expectations. The scores for professional responsibilities and societal expectations decreased as students progressed in their medical training (Spearman coefficient p=0.04 and p=0.01, respectively). This trend was more apparent in males rather than females. Conclusion: MSATU scores declined as students progressed through medical school, with females maintaining more favorable attitudes than males. Medical schools should attempt to maintain the enthusiasm and idealism that students possess as they enter medical training and provide clinical experience with migrant populations that allows for cross-cultural communication.

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Stigma and attitudes towards mental illness: Gender differences in a sample of Italian medical students

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1359 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S739-S739 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. Pascucci ◽

M. La Montagna ◽

D. Di Sabatino ◽

E. Stella ◽

R. Nicastro ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Psychiatric Patients ◽

Female Gender ◽

Reference Points ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Students Attitudes

Introductionstigma in mental illness is characterized by discrimination towards people affected by mental disorder. Consequence of the paradigm “stigma-injury-discrimination” is the social exclusion of these patients and the denial of their rights. Medical students, those who should be important reference points for psychiatric patients, are instead one of the categories that contribute to their stigmatization.ObjectivesTo study the attitudes of medical students towards psychiatric patients.AimsThe present study analyzes gender differences in a sample of Italian medical students towards mental illness.MethodsA total of 339 Italian medical students completed a cross-sectional survey, in Rome and Foggia (Italy). We used the Italian version of Community Attitude towards the Mentally Ill test (CAMI) to analyze the students’ attitudes.ResultsThere is a substantial difference among the attitudes towards mental disorders in female and male students. Female students have obtained less stigmatizing results in 9 of the CAMI test items (P < 0.05), in Benevolence (P = 0.001) and Social Restrictiveness subscales (P = 0.043) and in the total score (P = 0.013).ConclusionsThese results are in line with those achieved in scientific literature, confirming that women tend to show more humanitarian attitude towards the mentally ill. Even in the original article of the validation of the CAMI test, the authors found better attitudes in women in all subscales, with the exception of Social Restrictiveness subscale (that in our analysis also correlates with the female gender).Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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Attitudes of Israeli Medical Students Towards the Medical Treatment of Uninsured Migrants

10.21203/rs.2.12590/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Zohar Mor ◽

Adam Cadesky ◽

Ran Halleluyan ◽

Rivka Sheffer

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Clinical Training ◽

Medical Training ◽

Medical Schools ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Professional Responsibilities ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Societal Expectations

Abstract Background: Undocumented migration to developed countries poses practical concerns, as migrants are not medically insured. This cross-sectional study aims to appraise the attitudes of Israeli medical students towards the uninsured migrant population. Methods: Participants from five medical schools in Israel completed anonymous questionnaires in Hebrew, based on the "Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward the Underserved" (MSATU), which assessed students' attitudes regarding the professional responsibility and societal expectations towards the migrants. It also evaluated students' views of the migrants as eligible for expensive medical procedures. Results: A total of 891 students completed the survey with a median age of 28 years. The majority were Jews (N=816, 91.6%) and singles (N=681, 68.5%). Participants in the pre-clinical years were likely to be female and unmarried compared to those in clinical training. They also demonstrated higher scores on professional responsibilities and societal expectations than students in clinical training, but no significant differences were found in their views on expensive medical services. Students of minorities (non-Jews and migrants) scored higher on professional responsibilities and societal expectations. The scores for professional responsibilities and societal expectations decreased as students progressed in their medical training (Spearman coefficient p=0.04 and p=0.01, respectively). This trend was more apparent in males rather than females. Conclusion: MSATU scores declined as students progressed through medical school, with females maintaining more favorable attitudes than males. Medical schools should attempt to maintain the enthusiasm and idealism that students possess as they enter medical training and provide clinical experience with migrant populations that allows for cross-cultural communication.

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Homophobia in Health Professionals in Ankara, Turkey: Developing a Scale

Transcultural Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/1363461518808166 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 56 (6) ◽

pp. 1191-1217 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Fatma Duygu Kaya Yertutanol ◽

Selçuk Candansayar ◽

Gülşah Seydaoğlu

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Medical Training ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

First Year ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

University Hospitals ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

First Year Medical Students

The aims of this study were to develop a sexual orientation attitude scale and use it to investigate the attitudes of psychiatrists, other physicians and first year medical students toward homosexuals and homosexuality in Ankara, Turkey. A cross-sectional study was performed with three groups including psychiatrists (n = 147), non-psychiatric physicians (n = 224) and first year medical students (n = 280). A scale with 43 items consisting of four subscales (heterosexism, homophobia, homonegativity, neutrality) was developed which showed high internal consistency, validity and reliability in this sample of Turkish individuals. The internal consistency coefficients (Cronbach's alpha) for the subscales were 0.85-0.86, 0.95-0.95, 0.95-0.95, and 0.85-0.86, respectively. Being male, single, a graduate of a religious (Imam Hatip) or vocational high school, of rural origin, a student, more religious, heterosexual and studying at university hospitals were found to be related to higher scores (indicating more negative attitudes) on all subscales and the total scale and these differences were significant. Students had the highest scores and psychiatrists had the lowest scores in all subscales and the total scale. The results of this study indicate that physicians and medical students have negative attitudes toward homosexuals and that medical training on sexual health issues should be improved in Turkey.

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Stigma about mental disease in Portuguese medical students: a cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education ◽

10.1186/s12909-021-02714-8 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ana-Raquel Moreira ◽

Maria-Joao Oura ◽

Paulo Santos

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Mental Disease ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Clinical Scenario ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Mental Diseases ◽

Attribution Questionnaire ◽

Students Attitudes

Abstract Background The stigma about mental diseases is common in the population and also in medical students, where it may condition their future practice and the way they deal with these patients. Aim To evaluate and characterize the stigma on mental diseases in Portuguese sixth-year medical students, based on a clinical scenario of a classmate suffering from a mental disorder. Methods Observational cross-sectional study, involving sixth-year students of all Portuguese medical schools. We applied an online self-response questionnaire, using the Portuguese version of the Attribution Questionnaire AQ-9, and a vignette of a classmate colleague, presenting mental illness symptoms. Stigma scores were calculated. We used logistic regression to estimate the effect of social determinants on stigma pattern, and we analysed the correlation between 9 variables evaluated by the AQ-9 and total stigma. Results A total of 501 participants were included for analysis (69.5% females, median age of 24 years old). Medical students were available to help in the proposed clinical scenario (6.93/9.00; 95%CI:6.77–7.10), if necessary using coercion for treatment (3.85; 95%CI:3.63–4.07), because they felt pity (6.86; 95%CI:6.67–7.06) and they perceived some kind of dangerousness (4.06; 95%CI:3.84–4.28). Stigma was lower in students having a personal history of mental illness (OR:0.498; 95%CI:0.324–0.767; p = 0.002) and in those with positive familial history (OR: 0.691; 95%CI:0.485–0.986; p = 0.041). Conclusion Our results show the importance of implementing anti-stigma education, to improve medical students’ attitudes towards peers living with mental diseases.

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Assessment of Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards Research and Perceived Barriers

International Journal of Medical Students ◽

10.5195/ijms.2017.28 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 95-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alaa Althubaiti ◽

Bashayer Al Muqbil ◽

Doaa Al Buraikan

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Health Sciences ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Survey Study ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Support Research

Background: Health research has been integrated as part of the curriculum of many health sciences teaching universities. The aim of this study is to measure the attitude of medical students towards research. Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was conducted from March to May 2016 using the Student Attitude Towards Research (SAR) scale. The survey was distributed amongst undergraduate medical students at the College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdul-Aziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Main outcome measure was score on attitude scale with 15 Likert-type statements. Results: A total of 237 responses were collected from the students (55.6% males and 44.3% females). In general, students agreed that ‘research is important for identifying and investing problems in a subject matter’ (N=206, 86.9%). Female students showed significantly more positive attitude towards research (P<0.05). In regards to the degree of involvement of the faculty in the research program, 35% of students agreed that it was acceptable, and 48.1% agreed that the faculty members have adequate skills to handle research methodology. Conclusion: Most of the surveyed students were aware of the importance of undertaking medical research, but their attitude to the field was not always positive. There is an urgent need to introduce research programs as a part of the curriculum of all medical colleges, and ensure that these programs meet their goals and continue to be improved by providing good infrastructural facilities in order to provide skillful physicians to support research related activities.

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Evaluation of medical interns' attitudes towards relevant aspects of medical practice

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira ◽

10.1590/1806-9282.63.06.492 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 63 (6) ◽

pp. 492-499 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Áquila Talita Lima Santana Alves ◽

Fernando Vinicius Alves ◽

Enaldo Vieira Melo ◽

Edméa Fontes de Oliva-Costa

Keyword(s):

Medical Practice ◽

Medical Training ◽

School Curriculum ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Health Politics ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

The Moment

Summary Introduction: In traditional medical school curriculum, sixth-year is the moment in which students experience medical practice more intensively. Attitudes can be considered predictors of behaviors and actions. Evaluating them contributes to improve medical training. Objective: To evaluate attitudes during medical internship considering medical practice and associated factors in a Brazilian public university. Method: Cross-sectional study that included 69 students, based on a structured questionnaire and an attitude scale (Colares, 2002). We used descriptive statistics, with classification of the attitude tendency, clusters analysis and F-statistics. Results: The average age of the participants was 25.1±1.9, and 56.5% of them were male. Students presented positive attitudes to emotional aspects in organic diseases, primary health care, the medical contribution to the scientific advancement of medicine, and other aspects of medical activity and health politics; there were conflicting attitudes concerning mental illness and negative attitudes concerning death. Conclusion: Results show the need for interventions in order to reduce the identified conflicting and negative attitudes.

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