TRAINING PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL OFFICERS IN MENTAL-HEALTH-CARE - AN EVALUATION USING A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONNAIRE

被引:15
作者
SRIRAM, TG
CHANDRASHEKAR, CR
ISAAC, MK
MURTHY, RS
SHANMUGHAM, V
机构
[1] Community Mental Health Unit, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore
关键词
mental health care; primary care; training;
D O I
10.1111/j.1600-0447.1990.tb05473.x
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
This report aimed to evaluate the mental health knowledge of primary care medical officers following short‐term training in mental health care using a multiple‐choice questionnaire. Seventy‐eight medical officers who underwent 2 weeks’ training in mental health care were assessed using parallel forms of a standardized multiple‐choice questionnaire administered before and soon after the training. Young doctors scored significantly higher in the pretraining assessment. The medical officers demonstrated a significant gain in knowledge, although the amount of gain varied. Doctors who had relatively lower pretraining scores showed a higher gain. Six doctors (8%) showed less than acceptable posttraining scores. These doctors were older than the rest of the group. The doctors’ pretraining knowledge was best with respect to epilepsy and poorest with respect to manic‐depressive psychosis. Items pertaining to epidemiology and aetiology elicited relatively less gain than other clinical dimensions. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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页码:414 / 417
页数:4
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