title: Medical students' attitudes to psychiatry at the end of the clinical curriculum.
abstract: The significantly favourable changes in medical students' general attitude to psychiatry and intention to specialize in the subject, which we found after an 8-week psychiatric clerkship, were maintained one year later, at the time of the students' M.B., B.S. examinations. However, of 18 specific attitudes to psychiatry, only one changed significantly overall - fewer students agreed that 'psychiatrists are held in poor regard by most other doctors'. Contrary to other reports, these preliminary findings suggest that a psychiatric clerkship may be followed by stable attitudes and intent towards the specialty.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D013038:Specialization; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*