Wallick M M, Cambre K M, Townsend M H
Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans 70112, USA.
Acad Med. 1995 Sep;70(9):839-41.
To explore medical students' changes in group attitude toward homosexuality following mid-year exposure as freshmen to a panel presentation on the topic and, later, following clinical experiences.
At the beginning, middle, and end of 1991-92 and during the psychiatry clerkship in 1993-94, all 186 students in the class of 1995 at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans were asked to complete anonymously the Index of Attitudes toward Homosexuals. The two subsequent entering classes were also surveyed, at the beginning and in the middle of their freshman year.
Group attitudes among the three consecutive classes were remarkably consistent. The original cohort displayed a decrease in group homophobic attitude over time, with the reduced mean score at mid-year continuing its downward trend at year's end, though rebounding somewhat by the junior year. However, the group mean score remained in the low-grade homophobic category throughout the three-year study.
That the mean scores of the three classes remained at the low-grade homophobic level suggests the desirability of establishing an ongoing forum to enable students to examine all deeply held beliefs that may affect patient care.
探讨医学院学生在大一学年年中接触关于同性恋主题的小组报告后，以及随后在临床实习之后，其对同性恋群体态度的变化。
在1991 - 1992年的年初、年中及年末，以及1993 - 1994年精神病学实习期间，新奥尔良市路易斯安那州立大学医学院1995级的186名学生均被要求匿名完成《对同性恋者态度指数》的调查。随后的两个入学班级也在大一学年的年初和年中接受了调查。
连续三个班级的群体态度非常一致。最初的那一组学生随着时间推移，对同性恋群体的厌恶态度有所下降，年中时平均得分降低，到年末继续呈下降趋势，不过到大三时有所反弹。然而，在整个三年的研究中，群体平均得分仍处于轻度厌恶同性恋的类别。
三个班级的平均得分都处于轻度厌恶同性恋的水平，这表明有必要设立一个持续的论坛，让学生能够审视所有可能影响患者护理的根深蒂固的观念。
