Medical student attitudes to risk taking and self-perceived influence on medical practice

Context  Little has been published on medical student risk‐taking attitudes and behaviours and whether students think these attributes will affect how they treat patients. Objectives  Our aims were to assess for an association between risk‐taking attitudes and behaviours, such as problematic substan...

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Published in:Medical education 2006-08, Vol.40 (8), p.722-729
Main Authors: Weissberg, Michael, Sakai, Joseph T, Miyoshi, Thomas J, Fryer, George E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
clinical competence/standards
Decision Making
education
Female
Health participants
Humans
Male
medical
Medical sciences
medical/psychology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Perception
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
questionnaires
Risk-Taking
students
Students, Medical - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
undergraduate
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Summary:Context  Little has been published on medical student risk‐taking attitudes and behaviours and whether students think these attributes will affect how they treat patients. Objectives  Our aims were to assess for an association between risk‐taking attitudes and behaviours, such as problematic substance use, self‐reported risky behaviours, and self‐reported accidents, and to test for an association between risk‐taking attitudes and student perceptions of the influence of these attitudes on future clinical practice. Methods  Three consecutive classes of Year 2 medical students (n = 315) completed a self‐administered, 29‐item questionnaire. Risk‐taking attitudes were evaluated using a 6‐question, risk‐taking scale adapted from the Jackson Personality Inventory (JPI). Results  A significant positive correlation was demonstrated between risk‐taking attitudes (JPI) and problematic substance use (r = 0.34; P 
ISSN:0308-0110
1365-2923
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02531.x