Attitudes of pharmacy students towards psychosocial factors in health care.

An attitude scale was administered on a cross-sectional basis to pharmacy students in 3 professional years and alumni 1 year post-graduation. The instrument, previously used in a study of social awareness among Canadian health professional students, revealed, on application, that social attitudes tended to decline as students progressed through school. Students with prior degrees had generally higher scores. Male students generally held stronger views than did female students, whether favorable or unfavorable.