Does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: A comparative analysis

OBJECTIVE: To assess the attitude of MBBS student toward concept and practice of psychiatry between groups of students exposed to psychiatry rotation versus those not yet exposed to. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out. Anonymity and confidentiality of the respo...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Konwar, Raaj, Pardal, P. K., Prakash, Jyoti, Rythem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250048
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.119630
_version_ 1782291447841554432
author Konwar, Raaj
Pardal, P. K.
Prakash, Jyoti
Rythem,
author_facet Konwar, Raaj
Pardal, P. K.
Prakash, Jyoti
Rythem,
author_sort Konwar, Raaj
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVE: To assess the attitude of MBBS student toward concept and practice of psychiatry between groups of students exposed to psychiatry rotation versus those not yet exposed to. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out. Anonymity and confidentiality of the respondent was emphasized. Attitude was measured with 30-item “attitude toward psychiatry” scale. RESULTS: Attitude toward psychiatry was found to be better in groups of medical students exposed to 2 weeks clinical rotation in psychiatry. However, the same reached statistical significance in only 36.7% of the questions. CONCLUSION: Clinical rotation in Psychiatry in undergraduate has a favorable effect on the attitude of medical students toward concept and practice of psychiatry. Better curriculum and more hours in psychiatry may yield better gain.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3830164
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2012
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-38301642013-11-18 Does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: A comparative analysis Konwar, Raaj Pardal, P. K. Prakash, Jyoti Rythem, Ind Psychiatry J Original Article OBJECTIVE: To assess the attitude of MBBS student toward concept and practice of psychiatry between groups of students exposed to psychiatry rotation versus those not yet exposed to. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out. Anonymity and confidentiality of the respondent was emphasized. Attitude was measured with 30-item “attitude toward psychiatry” scale. RESULTS: Attitude toward psychiatry was found to be better in groups of medical students exposed to 2 weeks clinical rotation in psychiatry. However, the same reached statistical significance in only 36.7% of the questions. CONCLUSION: Clinical rotation in Psychiatry in undergraduate has a favorable effect on the attitude of medical students toward concept and practice of psychiatry. Better curriculum and more hours in psychiatry may yield better gain. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3830164/ /pubmed/24250048 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.119630 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Konwar, Raaj
Pardal, P. K.
Prakash, Jyoti
Rythem,
Does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: A comparative analysis
title Does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: A comparative analysis
title_full Does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: A comparative analysis
title_fullStr Does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: A comparative analysis
title_full_unstemmed Does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: A comparative analysis
title_short Does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: A comparative analysis
title_sort does psychiatry rotation in undergraduate curriculum bring about a change in the attitude of medical student toward concept and practice of psychiatry: a comparative analysis
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3830164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250048
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.119630
work_keys_str_mv AT konwarraaj doespsychiatryrotationinundergraduatecurriculumbringaboutachangeintheattitudeofmedicalstudenttowardconceptandpracticeofpsychiatryacomparativeanalysis
AT pardalpk doespsychiatryrotationinundergraduatecurriculumbringaboutachangeintheattitudeofmedicalstudenttowardconceptandpracticeofpsychiatryacomparativeanalysis
AT prakashjyoti doespsychiatryrotationinundergraduatecurriculumbringaboutachangeintheattitudeofmedicalstudenttowardconceptandpracticeofpsychiatryacomparativeanalysis
AT rythem doespsychiatryrotationinundergraduatecurriculumbringaboutachangeintheattitudeofmedicalstudenttowardconceptandpracticeofpsychiatryacomparativeanalysis

Ejemplares similares