Effects of internal medicine residency training in AIDS care in Taiwan.
Having contact and interacting with HIV/AIDS patients has long been recognized as a means for improving AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes among physicians and hence for increasing their intention to provide AIDS care. To investigate the impact of one-month residency training in an AIDS inpatient unit on internal medicine residents, this quasi-experimental, pre-post, two-group study, conducted from April 2000 to April 2001, used questionnaires. At follow-up, residents who received training in the AIDS unit (experimental group) were significantly more knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS, had more positive attitudes and greater intention to care for HIV-infected patients than residents who did not receive this training (control group). Results suggest that a one-month AIDS residency training intervention can effectively enhance residents' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and intention to care for patients infected with HIV.
Hsiung
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School of Nursing, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
Tsai
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Liang
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Hung
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Chen
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Chang
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D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D013624:Taiwan