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V Batenburg

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PubMed1995

[The ideal physician: medical students' image of the profession].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the view medical students have of the medical profession. DESIGN: Cross sectional study of year cohorts, Utrecht. METHOD: The attitudes of 445 medical students towards the 'ideal physician' were studied. It is often assumed that medical students' attitudes change to a less care-oriented direction as they proceed in their education. It is also assumed that female students' attitudes are more care-oriented than male students' attitudes. Traits of the ideal physician were described in a scale of 18 care-versus cure oriented items. Validity and reliability of the measuring instrument were sufficient. The scores of pre-clinical and clinical, male and female students were obtained. RESULTS: Contrary to expectation, ideals of clinical students. In were more care-oriented than ideals of beginning students. In general, students' ideals were neutral to slightly care-oriented. As was expected, female students' ideals were more care-oriented than male students' ideals. CONCLUSION: Medical students did not lose their slightly care-oriented ideals as they progressed. Female students held more care-oriented attitudes than their male colleagues.

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PubMed1983

Medical interviewing: initial student problems.

Although every lecturer in a department of medical education would endorse the importance of sound medical interviewing the position of courses on this subject is generally unstressed. In the past few years a course has been developed in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University hospital of Utrecht in which special attention is paid to the sort of problems students experience in the initial phase of medical interviewing. Use is made of simulated patients. At the same time attention is given to both the medical and communicative aspects. This approach is specially appreciated by the students. Self assessment shows that they report a considerably enhanced proficiency. Observations and questionnaires show that the students have problems mostly on the emotional level, both in coping with their own emotions and in discussing personal and emotional topics with a patient.

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