Preregistration programme for medical practice: a survey of Cypriot trainees (2000 and 2002).
This paper reports the attitudes of medical school graduates participating in the preregistration training programme in Cyprus. There were 2 independent samples, one in the year 2000 of 34 trainees and one in 2002 of 45 trainees. The trainees responded to 45 statements of attitude on a 5-point Likert scale covering 3 areas: workload, educational environment and lifestyle issues. The sample means for each statement were reported in both years and differences between the 2 years were analysed. In general, the trainees had an overall neutral to negative attitude towards the programme in both years and there was little change over the 2 years.
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Department of Life and Health Sciences, School of Sciences and Engineering, Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus. galen@intercol.edu
Pantelas
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Pouloukas
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003535:Cyprus; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D008019:Life Style; D037141:Mandatory Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D009341:Negativism; D010819:Physician's Role; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload