Impact of Two Weeks Training On Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Interns: A Cross Sectional Pre Post Assessment Study Done In A Tertiary Care Medical Institute In North India
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2019, Vol 4, Issue 8
Abstract
Introduction: The shortage of psychiatrists and large treatment gap is common phenomena in Psychiatry. In most of the countries, Psychiatry is still in developing phase. Various factors including negative attitude towards psychiatry among medical graduates is an important factor which hinders uptake of psychiatry as specialty. The current study was intended to study the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding psychiatry among medical interns and the change in these parameters after training in psychiatry for 2 weeks. Material and method: Interns who consented to participate in the study were administered a self devised questionnaire having 25 items comprising true/false questions and multiple choice questions for assessment of knowledge and Attitudes Towards Disabled Person (ATDP), a twenty items likert scale devised by Yuker et al to assess their attitudes and practices. 100 interns completed the study. Paired t-test was used to compare means of various parameters before and after 2 weeks training period. Chisquare test was used to find significant outcomes. Results: Results of present study indicate that after training, medical students had significant improvement in knowledge and practices. Our results are consistent with previous literature which revealed that medical undergraduate students had shortcomings in knowledge of psychiatry before training. On the other hand, our results indicate that, there was no significant difference on attitude before and after training among medical students. Previous literature revealed that after training, there was significant change in attitude towards mental disorder.
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Dr. Purushottam Jangid
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