Sick Brian, Zhang Lei, Weber-Main Anne Marie
Dep. of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, 426 Church St. SE, Room 405, MMC 501, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Tel 612-626-3109.
J Allied Health. 2017 Winter;46(4):213-219.
This study assessed the impact of volunteering for 2 years in an interprofessional student-run free clinic (SRFC) on the attitudes of health professional students toward the medically underserved. The Health Professionals' Attitudes Toward the Homeless Inventory was administered to students from six different health professions at three time points: before, after 1 year, and after 2 years of volunteering in an SRFC. The results were compared to students who never applied to the SRFC and those who applied but were not accepted. Students who applied had similar attitude scores at baseline and differed significantly from those who did not apply. Although all three groups showed declining attitudes after the first year, students who volunteered had more favorable attitudes than the other two groups from this point forward. These results suggest that SRFCs have a protective effect against the declining attitudes toward the underserved that can occur as training progresses.
本研究评估了在跨专业学生运营的免费诊所（SRFC）中志愿服务两年对健康专业学生对待医疗服务不足人群态度的影响。在三个时间点，对来自六个不同健康专业的学生进行了《健康专业人员对无家可归者态度量表》测试：在SRFC志愿服务前、志愿服务1年后和志愿服务2年后。将结果与从未申请加入SRFC的学生以及申请但未被接受的学生进行比较。申请的学生在基线时态度得分相似，且与未申请的学生有显著差异。尽管所有三组在第一年之后态度都有所下降，但从这一点开始，参与志愿服务的学生比其他两组态度更积极。这些结果表明，SRFC对随着培训进展可能出现的对服务不足人群态度下降具有保护作用。
