Kennedy Kieran M, Vellinga Akke, Bonner Niamh, Stewart Brian, McGrath Deirdre
Cummerford Medical Education Centre, Clinical Science Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2013 Aug;20(6):582-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2013.06.010. Epub 2013 Jul 10.
Sexual violence is known to be highly prevalent, albeit the majority of incidents are not reported to the authorities. It is therefore likely that medical students will encounter very many patients who have experienced sexual violence during their postgraduate careers, although this history may never be disclosed to them. Numerous highly regarded sources have advocated for the inclusion of instruction on the care of the victim of sexual violence in undergraduate medical curricula. Moreover, there has been a call for research to measure the effectiveness of educational strategies addressing the issue of sexual violence at undergraduate level. We present an evaluation of the effectiveness of a reproducible teaching session on care of the victim of sexual violence appropriate for undergraduate medical students, looking specifically at alterations in students' awareness of the key issues involved in patient care and their attitudes to such patients. This research demonstrates that such an educational intervention significantly enhances undergraduate medical students' awareness of the issues involved in patient care and their insight in to myths surrounding sexual violence.
众所周知，性暴力极为普遍，尽管大多数此类事件并未向当局报告。因此，医学生在其研究生涯中很可能会遇到许多遭受过性暴力的患者，尽管这些患者可能永远不会向他们透露这段经历。许多备受推崇的资料都主张在本科医学课程中纳入针对性暴力受害者护理的教学内容。此外，有人呼吁开展研究，以衡量本科阶段解决性暴力问题的教育策略的有效性。我们对一场适合本科医学生的、关于性暴力受害者护理的可重复教学课程的有效性进行了评估，具体考察学生对患者护理中关键问题的认识以及他们对此类患者态度的变化。这项研究表明，这种教育干预显著提高了本科医学生对患者护理相关问题的认识以及他们对围绕性暴力的误解的洞察力。
