Medical Students' Perceptions, Awareness, Societal Attitudes and Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Study in Malaysia

Autor/inn/en	Low, Hui Min; Zailan, Farhana
Titel	Medical Students' Perceptions, Awareness, Societal Attitudes and Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Study in Malaysia
Quelle	In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 64 (2018) 2, S.86-95 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2047-3869
DOI	10.1080/20473869.2016.1264663
Schlagwörter	Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Foreign Countries; Social Attitudes; Knowledge Level; Medical Students; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Instructional Program Divisions; Predictor Variables; Student Attitudes; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Ausland; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Wissensbasis; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Prädiktor; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the perception, awareness, societal attitude, and knowledge about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Malaysian medical students. Methods: An exploratory survey was conducted with 83 medical students in Malaysia. In the survey, the medical students were required to rate their perception, awareness, societal attitude, and their recognition of ASD symptoms. Results: The results showed the senior medical students had increased knowledge about ASD symptoms compared to the juniors, but there was no clear indicator that they had obtained the knowledge through formal training. Specifically, the medical students could better identify symptoms related to restrictive and fixation behavioral patterns than social communicative deficits. While considering the effects of societal attitude, year of study, perception about ASD course and other demographic variables, the year of study emerged as the sole predictor of the medical students' knowledge about ASD. Conclusion: The findings from this study provided evidence for the need of compulsory training on ASD in medical schools in improve the knowledge and skills of prospective medical practitioners to identify individuals with ASD. Such effort is fundamental for the early identification and intervention of ASD in developing countries such as Malaysia. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01