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Attitudes towards patients with mental illness in Irish medical students.
Ir J Med Sci
December 2013
Department of Psychiatry, University College Dublin and St John of God Hospital, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, Ireland,
Background: A positive attitude to patients with mental illness is important in all branches of medicine, as it can impact on the quality of care patients receive from doctors. Attitudes of preclinical medical students is an under researched area.
Aims: This study aims to (1) assess the attitudes of preclinical and clinical medical students to patients with mental illness and (2) assess the effect of two modules taught using different teaching methods on students' attitudes to patients with mental illness.