Prospective study of how students' humanism and psychosocial beliefs relate to specialty matching

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
L C Coutts-van DijkJ Rogers

Abstract

To determine whether students who match to different specialties are different in their humanistic behaviors and attitudes about the psychosocial aspects of medicine. From May 1992 to February 1995 data were collected from 405 students at the Baylor College of Medicine who participated in a required six-week family medicine clerkship. Two instruments were used to collect data: the Humanism Scale and the Physician Belief Scale. The students' humanism was rated by standardized patients (SPs) during the clerkship's objective structured clinical examination; the SPs used an abbreviated scale, consisting of eight items rated on a seven-point scale. The Physician Belief Scale, consisting of 32 items rated on a five-point scale, measures beliefs about the psychosocial aspects of patient care; it was completed by each student prior to the beginning of the clerkship. Specialty match data were based on National Resident Matching Program results at graduation. For statistical analysis, specialties were divided into four groups: primary care, medical, surgical, and support. The students who matched to primary care specialties had significantly higher mean humanism scores than did the students who matched to support specialties. Also, the s...Continue Reading

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