The attitude of first and sixth year medical students in Cairo University towards psychiatry
Other Title(s)
اتجاه طلبة الطب في السنة الأولى و السادسة في جامعة القاهرة نحو الطب النفسي
Joint Authors
Amir, Dala A.
al-Shami, Muhammad Ibrahim
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 22, Issue 2 (30 Nov. 2011), pp.156-163, 8 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2011-11-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Psychology
Medicine
Topics
Abstract EN
Objectives : to assess and compare the attitude of first and sixth year medical students in Cairo University towards psychiatry ; as a medical discipline and a profession, psychiatrists, psychiatric treatments and psychiatric teaching.
Method : 848 students responded anonymously on a 25 statement questionnaire that was developed from an original 53 item questionnaire used in a previous study.
Questionnaire statements were judged to be valid, culturally sensitive and reliable (alpha = 0.74).
First year students had no encounter with psychiatry while sixth year students were approached right after the end of their three-week psychiatry attachment.
Results: psychiatry is viewed as being vague and a waste of medical training by both first and sixth year students.
It is viewed as a possible last resort residency by sixth year students.
Although the importance of psychiatric drug treatments and hospitals are recognized, the harms are over emphasized.
Psychiatrists are “normal” and valued for their humanistic qualities but hard to consider as “equal” to other doctors especially by first year students.
Psychiatric liaison consultations and teaching are recognized as being important for other medical patients especially by sixth year students.
Psychiatry’s position as “the important” branch in the medical curriculum is perceived worse by sixth year students and psychiatry teaching is seen as inefficient because it is amorphous.
Conclusions: Some positive difference is seen in the attitudes towards psychiatry by sixth-year students, especially for psychiatric consultation and hospitals.
However, community held attitudes towards psychiatry and psychiatric treatments hazards are not changed by the teaching experience.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Amir, Dala A.& al-Shami, Muhammad Ibrahim. 2011. The attitude of first and sixth year medical students in Cairo University towards psychiatry. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 22, no. 2, pp.156-163.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Amir, Dala A.& al-Shami, Muhammad Ibrahim. The attitude of first and sixth year medical students in Cairo University towards psychiatry. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 22, no. 2 (Nov. 2011), pp.156-163.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Amir, Dala A.& al-Shami, Muhammad Ibrahim. The attitude of first and sixth year medical students in Cairo University towards psychiatry. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2011. Vol. 22, no. 2, pp.156-163.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 162
Record ID
BIM-599998