University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Lillian Osborne High School, Edmonton, Canada.
Acad Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;44(6):756-760. doi: 10.1007/s40596-020-01289-8. Epub 2020 Jul 30.
The authors assess the impact of Ghanaian diaspora-based psychiatrists' participation in clinical teaching in Ghana on the attitudes of medical students toward careers in psychiatry.
This quantitative cross-sectional study involved fifth- and sixth-year medical students of the four public medical schools in Ghana. Data were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics.
About half (49.7%) of clinical year medical students in Ghana reported that diaspora-based Ghanaian psychiatrists participated in their teaching during their clinical psychiatry rotation. A significantly higher proportion of medical students who had diaspora-based psychiatrists participate in their clinical training expressed that the depth of clinical teaching (54.4% vs. 45.6%, p = 0.003) and the extent of experience gained during their psychiatric rotations (54.7% vs. 45.3%, p = 0.001) were adequate or somewhat adequate when compared with medical students who did not have diaspora psychiatrists participate in their clinical training. Medical students who had diaspora-based Ghanaian psychiatrists participate in their teaching were significantly more likely to consider careers in psychiatry after their clinical rotation (42.2% versus 25.6%, χ = 16.2, p = 0.00).
In a low-resource country with few psychiatrists, the involvement of diaspora-based psychiatrists in the teaching of clinical year medical students has the potential to improve the global experience and attitude of the medical students toward psychiatry.
作者评估了加纳侨民精神病学家参与加纳临床教学对医学生从事精神科职业态度的影响。
本研究为一项横断面研究，涉及加纳四所公立医学院的五年级和六年级医学生。采用描述性和推断性统计方法对数据进行分析。
加纳约一半（49.7%）的临床医学生报告说，侨民加纳精神病学家参与了他们的临床精神病学轮转教学。在临床培训中，有侨民参与的医学生表示临床教学深度（54.4%比 45.6%，p=0.003）和精神病学轮转期间获得的经验程度（54.7%比 45.3%，p=0.001）更充分或稍充分的比例明显更高，而没有侨民精神病学家参与临床培训的医学生则不然。与没有侨民加纳精神病学家参与教学的医学生相比，有侨民参与教学的医学生更有可能在临床轮转后考虑从事精神科工作（42.2%比 25.6%，χ²=16.2，p=0.00）。
在资源匮乏、精神科医生较少的国家，侨民精神病学家参与临床医学生教学，有可能改善医学生的全球经验和对精神病学的态度。
