NDLI: Do medical students correctly perceive what patients believe about their own health?

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Diamond, James J. Markham, Fred W.
Description	Country affiliation: United States Author Affiliation: Diamond JJ ( Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1015 Walnut Street, Suite 401 Curtis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA. james.diamond@jefferson.edu)
Abstract	OBJECTIVE: This study set out to estimate the prevalence of any mismatch between medical students' perceptions of patients' health beliefs and those of a normative group of primary care patients. METHODS: A Perception of Health Scale, normed on 314 primary care patients and including four reproducible subscales based on Health Belief Model constructs, was distributed to 500 medical students in Years 3 and 4 at a private US medical school. The students were asked to indicate how a 'typical' patient they had seen with a preceptor or on a rotation might have answered. Responses were scored as matching or not matching the normative data. Group comparisons were made for gender, year of graduation, age and planned specialty. RESULTS: Depending on the subscale, at least 75% of the students' responses did not match those of the normative patient group. There were no consistent group differences. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that medical students do not accurately perceive what patients believe about their own health. Whether this is true for residents and providers in practice remains unknown.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	03080110
Issue Number	11
Volume Number	43
e-ISSN	13652923
Journal	Medical Education
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	2009-11-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Patient-centered Care Psychology Humans Students, Medical Attitude To Health Discipline Education Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Standards Journal Article Education, Medical, Undergraduate Professional-patient Relations Perception Severity Of Illness Index
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Medicine

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