scholarly journals Investigating the impact of an inclusive teaching session on medical student attitudes towards patients with intellectual disabilities: a mixed methods study

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Rubab Abdi ◽  
Elizabeth Metcalf
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Teaching Session ◽  
Inclusive Teaching ◽  
Medical Student Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Exploring attitudes of medical students towards intellectual disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 125-136
Author(s):  
Rubab Abdi ◽  
Elizabeth Metcalf
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Patient Contact ◽  
Teaching Session ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Inclusive Teaching ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to determine whether an inclusive teaching session changes student attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities (ID). To investigate the impact of an inclusive teaching session in terms of student perceptions. Design/methodology/approach 66 years 4 students at Cardiff University completed the attitudes towards disabled people form B questionnaire (ATDP-B) before and after a communication skills session on ID. Before and after scores were collated and compared using a paired t-test analysis. Common perceptions were identified using anonymised ATDP-B results to conduct five semi-structured interviews and one focus group with nine students. The common perceptions were discussed, alongside how the teaching session tackled them and suggestions for further improvements. Findings Mean ATDP-B score before the teaching session was 115 (SD = 14.5). Mean ATDP-B score after the teaching session was 122 (SD = 17.2). The teaching session improved scores in the ATDP-B by a mean of 6.92 (4.69, 9.16). A paired t-test found this to be a statistically significant difference, t(65) = 6.20, p < 0.001. Qualitative data was thematically analysed and three main themes were identified: Student identity, patient contact and curriculum content. Originality/value This is the first study to investigate the origin of the negative attitudes of medical students, and found they stem from a lack of confidence in their abilities and failure to develop a professional identity. The impact of the teaching session stems from its focus on meaningful patient contact and identifying and overcoming communication barriers.

scholarly journals Initial Development and Validation of a Family Medicine Attitudes Questionnaire

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Phillips ◽  
Jacob Prunuske ◽  
Laurie Fitzpatrick ◽  
Brian Mavis
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Internal Validity ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Medical Student Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Background and Objectives: Although many curricular and policy interventions are designed to influence students’ attitudes toward family medicine, assessment of these interventions is limited by lack of a comprehensive, validated measure of students’ attitudes. We sought to develop and validate a questionnaire that effectively assesses medical student attitudes toward family medicine. Methods: A 31-item questionnaire was assessed for internal, external, and content validity. The questionnaire was offered to fourth-year students at two Midwestern medical schools. Internal validity was assessed using data reduction and iterative factor analyses. External validity was assessed by correlating scores with intention to match in family medicine. Content validity was assessed by directly observing students as they completed the questionnaire and qualitatively evaluating student comments. Results: Of 858 students invited, 426 (49.7%) provided usable questionnaire data. After removal of questions with lower interitem correlations and simplification of subscales, the modified questionnaire achieved acceptable subscale internal consistency and a Cronbach alpha of 0.798. The overall instrument summative score correlated with family medicine career choice (P&lt;0.001). Most subscales and individual items also correlated with family medicine choice. Ten students were directly observed, using an iterative process, and modifications were made based on student understanding. Conclusions: Development of a validated questionnaire assessing medical student attitudes toward family medicine is feasible. With further refinement, the Family Medicine Attitudes Questionnaire may be useful in evaluating the impact of curricular interventions on students’ perceptions of family medicine, contributing to an evidence-based approach to recruitment of students to the specialty.

Medical Student Attitudes Toward Patients in Diverse Care Settings: The Impact of a Patient Evaluation Course

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Medina-Walpole ◽  
Christopher J. Mooney ◽  
Jeffrey M. Lyness ◽  
David R. Lambert ◽  
Stephen J. Lurie
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Patient Evaluation ◽  
Medical Student Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Acute care nurses’ perceptions of leadership, teamwork, turnover intention and patient safety – a mixed methods study

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahram Zaheer ◽  
Liane Ginsburg ◽  
Hannah J. Wong ◽  
Kelly Thomson ◽  
Lorna Bain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Senior Leadership ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Leadership Support ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background This study contributes to a small but growing body of literature on how context influences perceptions of patient safety in healthcare settings. We examine the impact of senior leadership support for safety, supervisory leadership support for safety, teamwork, and turnover intention on overall patient safety grade. Interaction effects of predictors on perceptions of patient safety are also examined. Methods In this mixed methods study, cross-sectional survey data (N = 185) were collected from nurses and non-physician healthcare professionals. Semi-structured interview data (N = 15) were collected from nurses. The study participants worked in intensive care, general medicine, mental health, or the emergency department of a large community hospital in Southern Ontario. Results Hierarchical regression analyses showed that staff perceptions of senior leadership (p < 0.001), teamwork (p < 0.01), and turnover intention (p < 0.01) were significantly associated with overall patient safety grade. The interactive effect of teamwork and turnover intention on overall patient safety grade was also found to be significant (p < 0.05). The qualitative findings corroborated the survey results but also helped expand the characteristics of the study’s key concepts (e.g., teamwork within and across professional boundaries) and why certain statistical relationships were found to be non-significant (e.g., nurse interviewees perceived the safety specific responsibilities of frontline supervisors much more broadly compared to the narrower conceptualization of the construct in the survey). Conclusions The results of the current study suggest that senior leadership, teamwork, and turnover intention significantly impact nursing staff perceptions of patient safety. Leadership is a modifiable contextual factor and resources should be dedicated to strengthen relational competencies of healthcare leaders. Healthcare organizations must also proactively foster inter and intra-professional collaboration by providing teamwork educational workshops or other on-site learning opportunities (e.g., simulation training). Healthcare organizations would benefit by considering the interactive effect of contextual factors as another lever for patient safety improvement, e.g., lowering staff turnover intentions would maximize the positive impact of teamwork improvement initiatives on patient safety.

Medical student attitudes and actions that encourage teaching on surgery clerkships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Nguyen ◽  
Tawni Johnston ◽  
Hilary C. McCrary ◽  
Candace Chow ◽  
Chanta'l Babcock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Medical Student Attitudes
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