Table 1 Differences in mean AMIQ scores among final year medical students before and after a clinical psychiatry rotation
Vignette | Mean scores (±SD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-rotation (N = 112) | Post-rotation (N = 107) | t | p | |
Psychiatric cases | ||||
Heroin-use | −6.07 (2.67) | −5.11 (2.89) | −3.281 | < 0.01* |
Depression with overdose | 1.10 (2.82) | 1.83 (2.71) | −2.665 | < 0.01* |
Alcohol abuse | 0.5 (3.80) | 0.48 (3.80) | −0.148 | 0.88 |
Patient with schizophrenia | −2.38(3.42) | −1.95 (3.13) | −1.134 | 0.26 |
Non-psychiatric cases | ||||
Convicted criminal | −6.69 (2.86) | −6.86 (2.29) | 0.317 | 0.75 |
Patient with diabetes | 7.63 (2.54) | 6.67 (2.64) | 3.679 | < 0.01* |
Churchgoing Christian | 6.21 (3.06) | 6.03 (2.97) | 00.840 | 0.40 |