OBJECTIVE: To evaluate attitudes and misgivings among the medical faculty's students regarding HIV/AIDS. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The 10-item questionnaires was distributed among 237 fifth year medical students regarding willingness to take care for people living with HIV/AIDS, misgivings contracting HIV, comfortable relationship with AIDS patients, attitudes towards HIV infected health care workers and support for routine HIV testing. The students filled the questionnaire before and after completing the 3-weeks long clinical training. RESULTS: Neither willingness to take care nor obligation to treat patients with HIV changed significantly during the clinical training. We achieved reduction of fear of contracting HIV and an increase in feeling comfortable with HIV infected patients. There were no changes in support for HIV testing among patients and health care workers. CONCLUSIONS: Medical schools should develop and frequently update programmes for continuous training on HIV/AIDS.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate attitudes and misgivings among the medical faculty's students regarding HIV/AIDS. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The 10-item questionnaires was distributed among 237 fifth year medical students regarding willingness to take care for people living with HIV/AIDS, misgivings contracting HIV, comfortable relationship with AIDSpatients, attitudes towards HIV infected health care workers and support for routine HIV testing. The students filled the questionnaire before and after completing the 3-weeks long clinical training. RESULTS: Neither willingness to take care nor obligation to treat patients with HIV changed significantly during the clinical training. We achieved reduction of fear of contracting HIV and an increase in feeling comfortable with HIV infectedpatients. There were no changes in support for HIV testing among patients and health care workers. CONCLUSIONS: Medical schools should develop and frequently update programmes for continuous training on HIV/AIDS.
Authors: Damir A Bikmukhametov; Vladimir A Anokhin; Anna N Vinogradova; Wayne R Triner; Louise-Anne McNutt Journal: J Int AIDS Soc Date: 2012-09-27 Impact factor: 5.396