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Medical students' experiences with and perceptions of chronic illness prior to medical school
Author(s) -
FITZPATRICK S. B.,
O'DONNELL R.,
GETSON P.,
SAHLER O. J. Z.,
GOLDBERG R.,
GREENBERG L. W.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1993.tb00281.x
Subject(s) - feeling , cynicism , curriculum , perception , medical school , medical education , medicine , sociology of health and illness , medical care , medical illness , psychology , health care , illness behavior , nursing , family medicine , psychiatry , pedagogy , social psychology , neuroscience , politics , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Summary. Concerns have been expressed about the failure of the medical curriculum to address the health‐care needs of the chronically ill. It has been shown in the literature that medical students develop cynicism and negative feelings towards chronic illness as they progress through their training, perhaps as a result of the attitudes and frustrations of their teachers. What has been inadequately addressed are the experiences with and perceptions about chronic illness that medical students have before entering medical school. Some recommendations are made for curriculum changes based on the findings reported.