PMID- 12422321
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021211
LR  - 20190901
IS  - 0003-9993 (Print)
IS  - 0003-9993 (Linking)
VI  - 83
IP  - 11
DP  - 2002 Nov
TI  - Medical students' attitudes toward persons with disability: a comparative study.
PG  - 1537-42
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To investigate first-year medical students' attitudes toward persons 
      with disability and to examine whether gender and a background in disability 
      determine attitudes toward persons with disability. DESIGN: A cross-sectional 
      survey. SETTING: University settings in the United States and Canada. 
      PARTICIPANTS: Ninety first-year medical students (US, n=46; Canada, n=44) were 
      surveyed. INTERVENTION: Medical students given 3 surveys. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: 
      Attitude Toward Disabled Persons (ATDP) Scale, Scale of Attitudes Toward Disabled 
      Persons (SADP), and Rehabilitation Situations Inventory (RSI). RESULTS: There 
      were no differences between the medical student groups from the United States and 
      Canada. Compared with norms, medical students overall have more positive 
      attitudes on the ATDP. Their attitudes were less positive on the SADP and on its 
      optimism-human rights subscale. On the RSI, they were less comfortable with 
      sexual situations and depression. Male medical students held poorer attitudes as 
      scored than female medical students. Those with a background in disability were 
      more comfortable dealing with challenging rehabilitation situations. Comfort with 
      challenging rehabilitation situations showed significant differences across 
      levels of experience but not gender. The more positive medical students' 
      attitudes are toward persons with disability, the more likely they are to be 
      comfortable with challenging rehabilitation situations. CONCLUSION: First-year 
      medical students from the United States and Canada held similar attitudes and had 
      less positive attitudes than SADP norms. Gender and background in disability 
      influenced attitudes. Male medical students were more likely to hold negative 
      attitudes. Specific educational experiences need to promote more positive 
      attitudes.
CI  - Copyright 2002 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the 
      American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
FAU - Tervo, Raymond C
AU  - Tervo RC
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 
      rtervo@gillettechildrens.com
FAU - Azuma, Scott
AU  - Azuma S
FAU - Palmer, Glen
AU  - Palmer G
FAU - Redinius, Pat
AU  - Redinius P
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Arch Phys Med Rehabil
JT  - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation
JID - 2985158R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - *Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Disabled Persons/rehabilitation
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Needs Assessment
MH  - Prejudice
MH  - Rehabilitation/education
MH  - Rural Population
MH  - Saskatchewan
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - South Dakota
MH  - Students, Medical/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2002/11/08 04:00
MHDA- 2002/12/12 04:00
CRDT- 2002/11/08 04:00
PHST- 2002/11/08 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/12/12 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/11/08 04:00 [entrez]
AID - S0003-9993(02)00247-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1053/apmr.2002.34620 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2002 Nov;83(11):1537-42. doi: 10.1053/apmr.2002.34620.