naa a22 4500 510741061 CHVBK 20180411083028.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11845-013-0955-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11845-013-0955-5 Attitudes towards patients with mental illness in Irish medical students [Elektronische Daten] [K. O' Connor, D. Brennan, K. O' Loughlin, L. Wilson, D. Pillay, M. Clarke, P. Casey, K. Malone, A. Lane] Background: A positive attitude to patients with mental illness is important in all branches of medicine, as it can impact on the quality of care patients receive from doctors. Attitudes of preclinical medical students is an under researched area. Aims: This study aims to (1) assess the attitudes of preclinical and clinical medical students to patients with mental illness and (2) assess the effect of two modules taught using different teaching methods on students' attitudes to patients with mental illness. Methods: During the same academic year all students (N=394) completing the year 3 preclinical psychiatry module and the final year psychiatry module completed an attitudinal questionnaire at the beginning and following completion of the module. Seventy-two percent of students completed both pre- and post-module questionnaires in full (n=285). Results: There was no significant difference in attitudes displayed by preclinical and clinical medical students prior to starting their respective modules. An association was found between female gender and more tolerant attitudes (r=0.20, p=0.02). Students who knew someone with experience of mental illness were associated with more tolerant attitudes (r=0.32, p<0.001). Final year students who completed the clinical module demonstrated a positive attitudinal shift (p<0.001), and the attitudes of third and final year male students improved significantly following the module (p<0.05). Conclusions: Given the high rates of physical illness in patients with mental health problems, specific educational initiatives to address medical student's attitudes to patients with mental health problems should be an educational priority in medical school. Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2013 Psychiatry nationallicence Stigma nationallicence Students nationallicence Attitudes nationallicence Education nationallicence Mental illness nationallicence O' Connor K. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut Brennan D. St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut O' Loughlin K. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland aut Wilson L. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and Mater Hospital, Eccles st, Dublin 1, Ireland aut Pillay D. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and Mater Hospital, Eccles st, Dublin 1, Ireland aut Clarke M. St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut Casey P. St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut Malone K. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland aut Lane A. St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer London 182/4(2013-12-01), 679-685 0021-1265 182:4<679 2013 182 11845 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-013-0955-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-013-0955-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O' Connor K. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brennan D. St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O' Loughlin K. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilson L. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and Mater Hospital, Eccles st, Dublin 1, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pillay D. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and Mater Hospital, Eccles st, Dublin 1, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Clarke M. St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Casey P. St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Malone K. Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lane A. St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Irish Journal of Medical Science Springer London 182/4(2013-12-01), 679-685 0021-1265 182:4<679 2013 182 11845 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer