INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION AND CLINICAL PRACTICE: Placebo HAART Regimen as a Method for Teaching Medication Adherence Issues to Students

Placebo medication regimens may help educate students about adherence issues. In this randomized trial, 23 third-year medical students took a 2-week placebo regimen mimicking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during their medicine clerkship; 15 students served as controls. Although no eff...

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Published in:Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 2005-06, Vol.20 (6), p.541-545
Main Authors: Sutton, Eliza L, Transue, Emily R, Comes E, Susan, Paauw, Douglas S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Placebo medication regimens may help educate students about adherence issues. In this randomized trial, 23 third-year medical students took a 2-week placebo regimen mimicking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during their medicine clerkship; 15 students served as controls. Although no effect was demonstrated from this intervention on an evaluation instrument examining attitudes and beliefs about medication nonadherence, all 23 student-subjects agreed in postintervention interviews that the experience was useful and had learning value. Representative comments from the 19 subjects who expanded their interview responses portray this intervention as an eye-opening and unique method for teaching students about medication adherence issues.
ISSN:0884-8734
1525-1497
DOI:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0096.x