PMID- 20662571
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101202
LR  - 20151119
IS  - 1466-187X (Electronic)
IS  - 0142-159X (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 8
DP  - 2010
TI  - Immediate and follow-up effects of a brief disability curriculum on disability 
      knowledge and attitudes of PM&R residents: a comparison group trial.
PG  - e360-4
LID - 10.3109/0142159X.2010.490602 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Humanistic attitudes are essential in physicians and therefore 
      supporting them is a key component in graduate medical education (GME). The 
      importance of a physician's attitude toward people with disability is especially 
      relevant within the rehabilitation discipline, as prevailing attitudes and 
      misconceptions can be potential barriers to successful diagnosis and treatment. 
      AIM: This study was designed to examine the relationship between participation in 
      a brief disability sensitivity training and knowledge of disability and attitudes 
      of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residents toward people with 
      disability. METHODS: A daylong training for residents consisted of lectures and a 
      panel presentation that covered (1) disability facts, (2) personal stories of 
      people with disabilities, and (3) medical evaluation of disability. The 
      presentations were followed by a simulation experience where resident pairs (one 
      assigned to a wheel chair, the other a "caretaker") performed various tasks. This 
      was followed by a group discussion of their experience. Three instruments were 
      administered prior to the training: (1) a brief demographic questionnaire, (2) 30 
      multiple choice questions measuring various aspects of knowledge about 
      disability, and (3) the Scale of Attitudes toward Disabled Persons, Form R 
      (SADP). After the training experience, the knowledge instrument and the SADP were 
      re-administered along with a series of items to measure various aspects of 
      students' satisfaction with the training. The three instruments described were 
      re-administered 3 months post-training. RESULTS: There was significant immediate 
      gain in both the disability knowledge and the attitude scores among trainees as 
      compared to a control group of physiatry residents in standard medical training. 
      Knowledge gains of the disability sensitivity training group did not persist, but 
      attitude toward disability gains remained at the 3 months follow up. CONCLUSION: 
      After a brief curriculum in disability knowledge and sensitivity for PM&R 
      physicians in training, there was a short-term improvement in disability 
      knowledge and an improvement in disability attitudes sustained at 3 months.
FAU - Moroz, Alex
AU  - Moroz A
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University, New York, USA. 
      alex.moroz@nyumc.org
FAU - Gonzalez-Ramos, Gladys
AU  - Gonzalez-Ramos G
FAU - Festinger, Trudy
AU  - Festinger T
FAU - Langer, Karen
AU  - Langer K
FAU - Zefferino, Stephanie
AU  - Zefferino S
FAU - Kalet, Adina
AU  - Kalet A
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Med Teach
JT  - Medical teacher
JID - 7909593
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Curriculum
MH  - *Disabled Persons
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internship and Residency
MH  - *Physician-Patient Relations
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Teaching
EDAT- 2010/07/29 06:00
MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00
CRDT- 2010/07/29 06:00
PHST- 2010/07/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/07/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/0142159X.2010.490602 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Teach. 2010;32(8):e360-4. doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.490602.