Abstract
Attitudes have been shown to be important determinants of the quality and efficacy of medical care.There is little research on the education about, and assessment of, attitudes in undergraduate medical education. Aim To describe the design and delivery of an attitude awareness workshop, and the associated objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) station used as the assessment tool.Methods Development, delivery, assessment and evaluation of an attitude awareness workshop were performed.Results Data are presented from 144 students. In 1999, the overall mean OSCE score was 62.44% (SD 7.6, n=73).The mean score for the attitude station was 57.97% (SD 12.9). In 2000, these figures were 67.11% (SD 8.3, n=71)and 73.75% (SD 10.8) respectively. In 1998 99, the average mark out of 10 for the educational quality of the attitudeworkshop was 6.6 and in 1999 00 this rose to 7.8.Conclusion Development of both an educational and assessment programme concerning attitudes appears feasible.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 206-210 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Irish Journal Of Medical Science |
| Volume | 171 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2002 |
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- Kelly M, Fenlon N, Murphy AW