Predictors of medical student interest in Indigenous health learning and clinical practice: a Canadian case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Including content on Indigenous health in medical school curricula has become a widely-acknowledged prerequisite to reducing the health disparities experienced by Indigenous peoples in Canada. However, little is known about what levels of awareness and interest medical students have about Indigenous peoples when they enter medical school. Additionally, it is unclear whether current Indigenous health curricula ultimately improve students' beliefs and behaviours.

Methods

A total of 129 students completed a 43-item questionnaire that was sent to three cohorts of first-year medical students (in 2013, 2014, 2015) at one undergraduate medical school in Canada. This survey included items to evaluate students' sociopolitical attitudes towards Indigenous people, knowledge

SUBMITTER: Yeung S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6295008 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature