Simón Bolívar University, Cúcuta, Colombia.
University of Los Andes, San Cristóbal, Venezuela.
Acad Psychiatry. 2021 Dec;45(6):733-737. doi: 10.1007/s40596-021-01415-0. Epub 2021 Feb 12.
The authors evaluated changes in attitude towards psychiatry of medical students in one medical school in Venezuela.
Balon's modified questionnaire was administered to first and sixth-year medical students to analyze their attitude towards psychiatry. The answers were compared with McNemar's test.
The students' negative perception of psychiatry increased by the end of medical school with 45% of sixth-year students reportedly feeling uncomfortable when working with patients with psychiatric illness compared to only 8.3% of first-year medical students. Interest in specializing in psychiatry decreased from 2.6% in first-year medical students to 0% in sixth-year medical students (p=0.001).
Different factors may lead to the loss of interest in psychiatry of medical students in Venezuela, such as little time spent with patients, being in contact only with patients with psychosis, stigma about psychiatry among medical doctors and friends, feeling more comfortable with other specialties, and other specialties having a higher perceived status and being better paid.
作者评估了委内瑞拉一所医学院的医学生对精神病学态度的变化。
采用 Balon 改良后的问卷对一、六年级医学生进行评估，分析他们对精神病学的态度。采用 McNemar 检验对答案进行比较。
到医学院期末，学生对精神病学的负面看法增加，6 年级学生中有 45%的人在与精神病患者一起工作时感到不适，而一年级医学生中只有 8.3%的人有这种感觉。对精神病学专业的兴趣从一年级医学生的 2.6%下降到六年级医学生的 0%（p=0.001）。
在委内瑞拉，导致医学生对精神病学失去兴趣的因素可能有很多，如与患者接触时间少、只与精神病患者接触、医生和朋友对精神病学的污名化、对其他专业更有好感、其他专业的社会地位和薪酬更高等。
