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ECT Medical students Training
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The Impact of A “Brief ECT Orientation Module” on The Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical Students Towards ECT in India
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Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) continues to be an intervention that attracts controversy in spite of its proven efficacy. There is limited literature on attitude and knowledge of medical students towards ECT from Asian and African countries. Aim: The current study assesses the impact of a gBrief ECT Orientation Moduleh on the knowledge of and attitudes of Indian medical students towards modified ECT. Subjects and Methods: The study was conducted at a tertiary care multi.specialty hospital associated with a government medical college. The students were administered the study questionnaire on Day 1 of Psychiatry clerkship. Following this, they were administered the Brief ECT Orientation Module.
Assessment was made using a questionnaire with items related to knowledge and attitude towards ECT before and after gBrief ECT Orientation Module.
Results: Fifty.nine students completed the study. There was a significant improvement in knowledge of medical students
on all the three domains of the questionnaire for assessment of knowledge about ECT.related facts. A change in attitudes towards ECT was also observed following Brief ECT Orientation
Module, especially among those who witnessed ECT administration.
Conclusion: The findings of the current study suggest that the Brief ECT Orientation Module is effective in improving
the knowledge and attitude of medical students towards ECT.
Keywords: ECT, Medical students, Training
Assessment was made using a questionnaire with items related to knowledge and attitude towards ECT before and after gBrief ECT Orientation Module.
Results: Fifty.nine students completed the study. There was a significant improvement in knowledge of medical students
on all the three domains of the questionnaire for assessment of knowledge about ECT.related facts. A change in attitudes towards ECT was also observed following Brief ECT Orientation
Module, especially among those who witnessed ECT administration.
Conclusion: The findings of the current study suggest that the Brief ECT Orientation Module is effective in improving
the knowledge and attitude of medical students towards ECT.
Keywords: ECT, Medical students, Training
