فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: The objective was to evaluate an innovative physical medicine andrehabilitation (PMR) course for undergraduate students of Tehran University of Medical Sciencesand their attitude and knowledge change following course participation.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ninety‑one medical students filled the knowledge, attitude, andsatisfaction forms pre‑ and postintervention. Nineteen medical students, two faculty physiatrists, tworesidents, two physical therapists, and two occupational therapists participated in the focus groups.RESULTS: We found significant attitude improvements. They declared the usefulness of PMRcourse for undergraduate. Moreover, they agreed that physiatrists could be first choice for refer ofmusculoskeletal patients and they preferred PMR as future career after course experience. Also,they preferred to refer musculoskeletal patients including carpal tunnel syndrome, frozen shoulder,nonspecific low back pain after course participation. We found a good relationship between attitudeand practice scores (r = 0.543, P = 0.000); in fact, students’ attitude would strongly predict theirpractice through a model involving age, satisfaction, and exam scores (R2 = 0.356, B = 0.35 [0.06],and P = 0.000).CONCLUSION: We found that internship training course might be an effective method of teachingPMR. Improving attitude toward the field of PMR and patient referral practice, career choice anddisability perceptions of undergraduates is concluded in this study. Investigation of the advantagesof such courses in larger studies with longer follow‑up time‑points is highly recommend.