Assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Forough Riahi; Sakineh Izadi Mazidi; Niloofar Khajeddin; Mohammad Salehi Veysi

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Assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Authors:

Forough Riahi¹,

Sakineh Izadi Mazidi²,

Niloofar Khajeddin^1,*,

Mohammad Salehi Veysi³

1Assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

2MA of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, School of Psychiatry and Educational Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

3MSc in Statistic, College of Department of Mathematics and School of Basic Sciences, Behbahan Industrial University, Behbahan, Iran

Jentashapir Journal of Cellular and Molecular Biology:Vol. 4, issue 3; e94111

Published online:Jun 30, 2013

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 20, 2019

Accepted:Apr 20, 2013

How to Cite:Forough RiahiSakineh Izadi MazidiNiloofar Khajeddin Mohammad Salehi VeysiAssistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.4(3):e94111.

Abstract

Background: The psychiatric clerkship quality maybe one of the effective factors on students' attitude toward psychiatry. The present study was aimed to investigate the effect on the attitude of the people involved in the psychiatric clerkship education of medical students toward psychiatry.

Methods: A total of 103 Medical students of Ahwaz Jondishapur University who entered psychiatric clerkship between spring 2007 and spring 2010 were assigned to study. Participants completed a demographic form and an attitude towards psychiatry questionnaire. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Spearman and Kendall correlation coefficient.

Results: Considering psychiatry as a future career, the rate of interest for attitude towards psychiatry and attitude towards the effect of clerkship components improved, after the clerkship. There were significant positive correlation between the factors such as personal, familial or patient-care-related experiences and attitude toward psychiatry (p=0/03) and interest in pursue psychiatry as a field (p=0/04). There was also positive correlation between attitude toward psychiatry and interest in psychiatry as a field (p=0/02). A significant negative correlation was observed between the influence of factors such as Medical students, Attending physicians in other disciplines, Residents in other disciplines and Close familiarity with a psychiatrist and attitude toward psychiatry clerkship (p<0/05).

Conclusion: The extracted results concluded that psychiatry clerkship changed the students’ attitude towards a more realistic attitude; moreover there was an increase in the number of students who wished to select psychiatry field for their future career

Keywords

Psychiatry Clerkship

Psychiatry Curriculum

Attitudes Toward Psychiatry

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