Attitudes of medical school faculty and students toward acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1991. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Attitudes of medical school faculty and students toward acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Acad Med. 1990 Jul;65(7):464-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91054748
Feldmann TB; Bell RA; Stephenson JJ; Purifoy FE; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of; Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.

Abstract: Attitudes of faculty and students will influence the success of educational programs to address acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In 1988-89, 170 medical school faculty and 227 students completed needs assessment questionnaires at the University of Louisville, and the results were compared to assess the respondents' attitudes about AIDS. Both the faculty and the students were found to be fearful of infection, had strong negative attitudes toward AIDS patients, and had low levels of confidence in the current knowledge about AIDS. Both cognitive and affective training strategies are recommended to help learners distinguish unwarranted from warranted fears of infection and to increase their empathy for patients with AIDS.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY Adult *Attitude of Health Personnel *Faculty, Medical Female Human Kentucky Male Middle Age Occupational Diseases/PSYCHOLOGY Statistics Students, Medical/*PSYCHOLOGY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDpsychologyadultKWDattitudeofhealthpersonnelKWDfaculty,medicalfemalehumankentuckymalemiddleageoccupationaldiseases/psychologystatisticsstudents,medical/KWDpsychologysupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDsKWDjournalarticle
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