Are Medical Students Ready To Provide HIV-Prevention Counseling?

Are Medical Students Ready To Provide HIV-Prevention Counseling?

A study investigated the ability of 415 medical students at four North Carolina medical schools to ask risk-behavior questions and provide risk-reduction advice when interviewing a standardized patient concerned about human immunovirus (HIV) infection. A majority did not assess several important ris...

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Veröffentlicht in:Academic Medicine 1998-03, Vol.73 (3), p.342-6
Hauptverfasser: Cook, Robert L, Steiner, Beat D, Smith, Allen C., III, Evans, Arthur T, Willis, Stephen E, Petrusa, Emil R, Harward, Donna H, Richards, Boyd F
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIDS/HIV
At Risk Persons
Counseling
Counseling Effectiveness
Counselor Performance
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Higher Education
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Humans
Medical Education
Medical Students
North Carolina
Physician Patient Relationship
Prevention
Preventive Medicine
Professional Education
Risk Factors
Risk-Taking
Students, Medical
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:A study investigated the ability of 415 medical students at four North Carolina medical schools to ask risk-behavior questions and provide risk-reduction advice when interviewing a standardized patient concerned about human immunovirus (HIV) infection. A majority did not assess several important risk factors, and many would have provided incorrect information related to HIV testing and prevention of infection. (Author/MSE)
ISSN:1040-2446
DOI:10.1097/00001888-199803000-00026