Introduction: A positive attitude to psychiatry may make future doctors more responsive to the ps... more Introduction: A positive attitude to psychiatry may make future doctors more responsive to the psychological needs and comorbidity of patients in all branches of medicine. The aim of this study was to examine whether psychiatry rotation resulted in a change towards attitudes to psychiatry in a cohort of students from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore. Methods: All second-year medical students (n = 48) undergoing their psychiatry rotation were asked to complete baseline and post-rotation surveys. Attitudes to psychiatry were measured by the Modified Attitudes to Psychiatry Scale (MAPS). This is a 16-item self-reported questionnaire where response to each question is based on 4 point Likert scale (Shankar et al, 2011). Pre and post comparisons were done using paired t-tests. Results: All the students completed the survey. There was a slight but not significant improvement in the mean total MAPS scores (t = -1.76, p = 0.09), however, the improvement was significant for two of...
Introduction: A positive attitude to psychiatry may make future doctors more responsive to the ps... more Introduction: A positive attitude to psychiatry may make future doctors more responsive to the psychological needs and comorbidity of patients in all branches of medicine. The aim of this study was to examine whether psychiatry rotation resulted in a change towards attitudes to psychiatry in a cohort of students from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore. Methods: All second-year medical students (n = 48) undergoing their psychiatry rotation were asked to complete baseline and post-rotation surveys. Attitudes to psychiatry were measured by the Modified Attitudes to Psychiatry Scale (MAPS). This is a 16-item self-reported questionnaire where response to each question is based on 4 point Likert scale (Shankar et al, 2011). Pre and post comparisons were done using paired t-tests. Results: All the students completed the survey. There was a slight but not significant improvement in the mean total MAPS scores (t = -1.76, p = 0.09), however, the improvement was significant for two of...
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