| Summary: | Introduction:
We aimed to evaluate of attitudes and thoughts of 5th
grade medical faculty students towards psychiatry before and after psychiatry
internship in this study.Methods:
Of fifth grade, 65 student of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of
Medicine participated in this study. These students were asked to fill out the
questionnaire of “Attitudes and Thoughts towards Psychiatry” before and after
the psychiatric internship. This questionnaire consists of 38 questions, about
attitudes towards psychiatry, psychiatric treatment and psychiatrists. The SPSS Package Program 20.0 statistical program was used for data
analysis. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro Wilk and Paired Samples Test were used.Results:
64.3% (n=36) of the study group were female, and 35.7% (n = 20) of the study
group were male. 49.0% of the students preferred "internal sciences",
49.0% preferred "surgical sciences", and 2.0% "basic
sciences". A total 14 questions from 38 questions were found to be
statistically significant after the internship.
Conclusion:
It was observed that there were positive attitudes about the benefits of
psychiatric treatment and consultation services after the internship compared
to the pre-internship, decreased negative thoughts about psychiatric patients
and psychiatristsin students of faculty of medicine. Despite the generally
positive changes in psychiatric science, decreased preference of psychiatry have
been observed in students of faculty of medicine.
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