Paper Title
Physicians’ values and experience during adolescence
Keywords
- physicians’ values
- experience
- adolescent health care
- patient care
- medical training
- clinical skills
- risk-taking
- adolescent medicine
- physician attitudes
- healthcare decision-making
- resident physicians
- medical education
- pediatric care
- internal medicine
- birth control prescription
- substance abuse
- sexually transmitted diseases
- psychological assessment
- adolescent risk behavior
- physician-patient relationship
- healthcare ethics
- professional development
- medical judgment
- tanner staging
- hypertension evaluation
- adolescent psychology
- healthcare disparities
- provider perspectives
- reproductive health
- youth counseling
- medical ethics
- behavioral health
- clinical competency
- healthcare attitudes
- patient-centered care
- preventive medicine
- sexual health
- public health
- medical sociology
- physician bias
- health outcomes
- medical specialties
- doctor-patient communication
- professional values
- residency training
- adolescent well-being
- mental health awareness
- evidence-based practice
- healthcare research
Article Type
Original Article
Research Impact Tools
Publication Info
Volume: 9 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 46–51
Published On
January, 1988
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Abstract
The values and experience of physicians as adolescents can effect their care of adolescent patients. Eighty residents were studied using extensive personal data gathered from a structured interview, a questionnaire of perceived clinical skills, and a videotape with a simulated patient. A “values” and “risk-taking during adolescence” score was constructed and related to the resident's perceived skills for and attitudes about adolescent health care. Residents with higher values scores (more conservative) were more likely to be pediatric than internal medicine residents and less likely to prescribe birth control pills to an adolescent. Residents with higher risk-taking scores considered themselves more skilled in dealing with substance abuse and sexually transmitted diseases and in recognizing psychologic problems. Values of risk-taking scores were not related to the resident's perceived skill in areas such as evaluating hypertension or performing Tanner staging. These data suggest that certain values and experiences may be influential in the physician's ability and approach to dealing with certain issues related to adolescent health care.
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