A violence-prevention program helps teach medical students and pediatric residents about childhood aggression.
There were 65 third-year medical students and 59 pediatric residents who participated. The intervention was a 40-minute multimedia program that teaches how to counsel parents about childhood aggression. Comparing pre- and 2-month postintervention data, there was an increase in the proportion of medical students (11% pre vs 92% post; P < .001) and residents (3% pre vs 95% post; P < .001) who felt that their ability to counsel parents about hurtful behavior was high or very high. Compared with baseline, a higher proportion of trainees at the 2-month follow-up recommended redirecting (11% pre vs 69% post; P < .001), promoting empathy (13% pre vs 42% post; P < .001), and not using physical punishment (25% pre vs 50% post; P < .001). A brief, independently viewed curriculum addition expanded the repertoire of health care trainees related to counseling parents about childhood aggression. These findings have implications for violence prevention.
Scholer
Seth J
SJ
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. seth.scholer@vanderbilt.edu
Brokish
Peter A
PA
Mukherjee
Anamika B
AB
Gigante
Joseph
J
D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D019212:Multimedia; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*