MBBS (Undergraduate Medical) Student, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, INDIA.
MBBS (Undergraduate Medical) Student, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad.
Indian J Med Ethics. 2024 Jul-Sep;IX(3):193-201. doi: 10.20529/IJME.2024.033.
Physician trainees need to have robust gender awareness for better professional relationships and patient outcomes. A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate (UG) medical students (MBBS) of a medical college in Hyderabad, India, in November 2022, to assess their gender sensitivity (GS) and gender-role ideologies.
A pretested, structured English questionnaire was used for the study, to compute the Nijmegen Gender Awareness Scale in Medicine (N-GAMS) of the participants.
The mean age of the students was 20.51 years, with the majority being women (112, 61.2%). The mean GS score was 3.11, while the mean scores for gender-role ideology towards patients (GRIP) and gender-role ideology towards doctors (GRID) were 2.56 and 2.56, respectively. In the adjusted analysis, a significantly better GS score was seen among medical students from urban backgrounds. Significantly more egalitarian GRIP was found among women, participants from urban backgrounds, and among those whose mothers were employed. Significantly more egalitarian GRID was found among women and participants whose mothers were employed. There was a significant negative, but low, correlation between the GS domain and the GRIP (r = - 0.241; p < 0.001) and GRID (r = - 0.192; p = 0.009) scores. There was a high, positive correlation between GRID and GRIP (r = 0.812; p < 0.001).
Gender awareness is relatively low among Indian medical students and lower still among male students. It was higher among women, particularly among those whose mothers were employed and those who were from urban areas.
医师培训生需要具备扎实的性别意识，以改善专业关系和患者结局。本研究于 2022 年 11 月在印度海得拉巴的一所医学院对本科（MBBS）医学生进行了一项横断面研究，以评估他们的性别敏感度（GS）和性别角色观念。
研究使用了经过预测试的结构化英语问卷来计算参与者的尼梅根医学性别意识量表（N-GAMS）。
学生的平均年龄为 20.51 岁，其中大多数是女性（112 人，占 61.2%）。GS 平均得分为 3.11，而对患者的性别角色观念（GRIP）和对医生的性别角色观念（GRID）的平均得分分别为 2.56 和 2.56。在调整分析中，来自城市背景的医学生 GS 评分明显更好。女性、来自城市背景的参与者以及其母亲有工作的参与者的 GRIP 更为平等。女性和其母亲有工作的参与者的 GRID 更为平等。GS 领域与 GRIP（r = -0.241；p <0.001）和 GRID（r = -0.192；p = 0.009）得分之间存在显著负相关，但相关程度较低。GRID 和 GRIP 之间存在高度正相关（r = 0.812；p <0.001）。
印度医学生的性别意识相对较低，男性学生的性别意识更低。女性学生的性别意识更高，尤其是其母亲有工作的女性和来自城市地区的女性。
