TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of internal medicine residency training in AIDS care in Taiwan
AU - Hsiung, P. C.
AU - Tsai, Y. F.
AU - Liang, C. C.
AU - Hung, C. C.
AU - Chen, M. Y.
AU - Chang, S. C.
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Having contact and interacting with HIV/AIDS patients has long been recognized as a means for improving AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes among physicians and hence for increasing their intention to provide AIDS care. To investigate the impact of one-month residency training in an AIDS inpatient unit on internal medicine residents, this quasi-experimental, pre-post, two-group study, conducted from April 2000 to April 2001, used questionnaires. At follow-up, residents who received training in the AIDS unit (experimental group) were significantly more knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS, had more positive attitudes and greater intention to care for HIV-infected patients than residents who did not receive this training (control group). Results suggest that a one-month AIDS residency training intervention can effectively enhance residents' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and intention to care for patients infected with HIV.
AB - Having contact and interacting with HIV/AIDS patients has long been recognized as a means for improving AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes among physicians and hence for increasing their intention to provide AIDS care. To investigate the impact of one-month residency training in an AIDS inpatient unit on internal medicine residents, this quasi-experimental, pre-post, two-group study, conducted from April 2000 to April 2001, used questionnaires. At follow-up, residents who received training in the AIDS unit (experimental group) were significantly more knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS, had more positive attitudes and greater intention to care for HIV-infected patients than residents who did not receive this training (control group). Results suggest that a one-month AIDS residency training intervention can effectively enhance residents' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes and intention to care for patients infected with HIV.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33745317778&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09540120500202019
DO - 10.1080/09540120500202019
M3 - 文章
C2 - 16777633
AN - SCOPUS:33745317778
SN - 0954-0121
VL - 18
SP - 426
EP - 432
JO - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
JF - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
IS - 5
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