Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ541204
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-2446
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Three Medical School Responses to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and the Effect on Students' Knowledge and Attitudes.
Anderson, Donna G.; And Others
Academic Medicine, v72 n2 p144-46 Feb 1997
A survey of 1991 and 1994 graduating medical school students at medical schools (N=175) in Colorado, New Mexico and South Dakota found that differences in prevalence of AIDS/HIV cases in those states did not affect schools' training programs but indirectly affected students' knowledge and attitudes, which were related to the numbers of HIV-infected individuals known personally. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Comparative Analysis, Disease Control, Educational Policy, Epidemiology, Higher Education, Incidence, Knowledge Level, Medical Education, Medical Schools, Medical Students, Professional Education, School Policy, State Universities, Student Attitudes, Surveys
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colorado; New Mexico; South Dakota
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