EVALUATION OF ATTITUDE ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCTORPATIENT RELATIONSHIP PBL SESSIONS

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EVALUATION OF ATTITUDE ACHIEVEMENT IN
DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP PBL SESSIONS

• 0.0dabasi, M.Elçin, I. Sayek, M. Akova, N.Kiper
• Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine
• Department of Medical Education and Informatics

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Introduction

• Respect, responsibility, communication and
  self-awareness are the main topics of
  professional behaviours in medical practice.
• Doctor-patient relationship is essential in the
  delivery of high quality medical care.
• Many medical faculties have implemented
  curricular changes to teach communication skills,
  professional values, humanistic attitudes and
  behaviours to medical students.

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DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
DELIVERY OF HIGH QUALITY MEDICAL CARE
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIAL OUTCOMES
PATIENT SATISFACTION
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Introduction

• HEALTH-ILLNESS CONCEPTS
• AND
• MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
• In Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine,
• a 12-hour PBL module for year I students.

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Introduction

• Main topics discussed in sessions
• Medical student identity
• Concepts of health and illness
• Seeking for medical care
• Specifications of a physician
• Meaning and expectations from being a physician
• Patients expectations from physicians
• Reactions of patients, relatives and physicians
  to illness and death
• Motivation of students for a better profession
• Medical professional identity

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• Aim of this study is to evaluate the achievement
  of the students attitudes in an early phase of
  medical education about Doctor-Patient
  Relationship

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Method

• A questionnaire was given on the first and the
  last day of sessions for evaluation.
• The questionnaire was composed of 7 statements.
• A 5-point Likert scale was used for evaluation

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Results

• 294 students took the course
• 172 of them (58,5) completed both
• questionnaire.
• The results were evaluated using Wilcoxon tests.
• Positive change was found in attitudes for all 7
  statements (plt0.01).

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Results
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Conclusion

• It is an important outcome for year I students to
  achieve such professional attitudes in the early
  phase of their medical education.
• These attitudual change will affect the quality
  in clerkships and eventually enhance the quality
  of medical practice.
• The students would feel more prepared for medical
  identity.

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Conclusion

• Such modules will serve as a base for vertical
  integration for later years in medical education
  and prepare the students for further courses.
• Similar modules should be implemented in later
  years to emphasize the importance.
• Such modules will enhance the quality of health
  care.

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