Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

A study on changes of attitude of interns towards psychiatry after clinical rotation in a tertiary care hospital

Md Wahedur Rahman, Alsaba Najmin Rahaman, Dilip Kumar Mandal, Debarshi Jana

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INTRODUCTION; Psychiatry has undergone several developments in the past 50 years. It is important that more and more psychiatrists were required to fill the gap. AIMS; The aim of our study was to find any difference in the attitude (MCRS) of interns towards psychiatry before and after clinical rotation in psychiatry and also find any association among male and female interns. MATERIALS AND METHODS; The study was conducted in the Department of Psychiatry at R. G. Kar Medical College from March 2018 to January 2019. The sample comprised 110 interns who consented to participate in the study. Those interns who had not completed their 2 weeks’ posting in psychiatry and those with major psychiatric illnesses/substance use disorders, family history of psychiatric illness, and who had previous contact with psychiatrists were excluded from the study. Increase in MCRS score was considered as an indication of improvement in attitude toward psychiatry. RESULT AND DISCUSSION: We found that in MCRS score before postings, the mean of MCRS score (mean ± s.d.) of the patients was 4.2091 ± .1045. In MCRS score after postings, the mean of MCRS score (mean ± s.d.) of the patients was 4.9627 ± .2949. Mean MCRS score was significantly higher after posting (p<0.0001). It was found that in female, the mean of MCRS score before postings (mean ± s.d.) of the patients was 4.2500 ± .0990. In male, the mean of MCRS score before postings (mean ± s.d.) of the patients was 4.1964 ± .1035. Mean MCRS score was significantly higher in female interns compared to male interns (p=0.0217). CONCLUSION: We concluded that attitude of interns significantly improved toward psychiatry patients and the specialty after 2 weeks of clinical rotation and attitude of female interns toward psychiatry were significantly higher compared to male interns.

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A STUDY ON CHANGES OF ATTITUDE OF INTERNS TOWARDS PSYCHIATRY AFTER CLINICAL ROTATION IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, MD WAHEDUR RAHMAN, ALSABA NAJMIN RAHAMAN, DILIP KUMAR MANDAL, DEBARSHI JANA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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