Key result
Psychiatry placement and ECT teaching significantly improved fourth-year medical students' positive attitudes toward ECT from 66% at baseline to 95%.
Why the study?
The authors sought to explore medical students' attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy, identify correlates of baseline attitudes, and evaluate whether specific forms of teaching improved attitudes during a psychiatry placement.
Does specific ECT teaching improve attitudes to ECT in fourth-year medical students?
Observational
Does specific ECT teaching improve attitudes to ECT in fourth-year medical students?
Absolute Event Rate: 95% vs 66%
Incorporating specific teaching modalities, such as lectures, into the undergraduate medical curriculum significantly improves medical students' attitudes toward electroconvulsive therapy.
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Psychiatry placements with lectures improve student ECT attitudes; leaves open whether curriculum changes affect future clinical use.
Clements et al. (2024) reported an observational. Psychiatry placement and ECT teaching vs. Baseline (before placement) was evaluated on Positive attitude to ECT. Psychiatry placement and ECT teaching significantly improved fourth-year medical students' positive attitudes toward ECT from 66% at baseline to 95%.
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