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ERIC Number: EJ847817
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 3
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1042-9670
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The Effect of Clinical Clerkship on Students' Attitudes toward Psychiatry in Karachi, Pakistan
Sajid, Ayesha; Khan, Murad M.; Shakir, Murtaza; Moazam-Zaman, Riffat; Ali, Asad
Academic Psychiatry, v33 n3 p212-214 May-Jun 2009
Objective: Attitudes of medical students toward a specialty is strongly related to their future choice of specialty. In developing countries like Pakistan, where there is a shortage of psychiatrists, there is a need to assess the effect of exposure to psychiatry on medical students. Methods: The authors conducted a survey of fourth-year medical students at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. Results: Psychiatry clerkship had an overall positive attitude toward psychiatric illness, patients, and psychiatrists, but no effect on students' choice of psychiatry as a career. Conclusion: Psychiatry teaching needs to be made more relevant to the rest of the medical curricula. This may improve students' interest and their future choice of psychiatry as an area of specialization.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan (Karachi)
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