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The attitude of medical staff and students towards psychiatry

Thesis

Last updated: 06 Feb 2023

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Psychiatry & Neurology

Advisors

Shahin, Mussttafa A., Sabri, Nuha A., Amer, Dalal A.

Authors

El-Shami, Muhammad Ebrahim

Accessioned

2017-04-26 11:10:58

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2017-04-26 11:10:58

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M.Sc. Thesis

Abstract

Aim of work: To assess the attitudes of medical students towards psychiatry and the impact of psychiatric education on changing it and the attitudes of medical staff towards psychiatry and its change through the years of clinical experience.Subjects: 414 first year students in the medical school, 434 sixth year students, 100 junior doctors (less than 5 years of clinical experience) and 100 senior doctors (more than 15 years of clinical experience).Tools: A specially designed questionnaire for this study was distributed among the subjects.Setting: Faculty of Medicine Cairo University.Results: The students’ attitudes towards psychiatry had minimal improvement after their clinical psychiatric round, while medical staff had more positive attitudes towards psychiatry than students, becoming more positive with the increaser of their clinical experience.Conclusion: The undergraduate psychiatric education should be improved in order to change the tomorrow’s doctor’s negative attitudes towards psychiatry. The medical staff in different specialties should get continuous psychiatric education.

Issued

1 Jan 2009

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.21473/iknito-space/31656

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Thesis

Created At

28 Jan 2023