Open AccessPlacebo HAART Regimen as a Method for Teaching Medication Adherence Issues to Students
Author(s) -
Sutton Eliza L.,
Transue Emily R.,
Comes E. Susan,
Paauw Douglas S.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0096.x
Subject(s) - medicine , regimen , placebo , intervention (counseling) , medication adherence , family medicine , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology
Placebo medication regimens may help educate students about adherence issues. In this randomized trial, 23 third‐year medical students took a 2‐week placebo regimen mimicking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during their medicine clerkship; 15 students served as controls. Although no effect was demonstrated from this intervention on an evaluation instrument examining attitudes and beliefs about medication nonadherence, all 23 student‐subjects agreed in postintervention interviews that the experience was useful and had learning value. Representative comments from the 19 subjects who expanded their interview responses portray this intervention as an eye‐opening and unique method for teaching students about medication adherence issues.