Athippat Tantiwongsekunakorn. A study of attitudes relating to home health visit among applied Thai traditional medical students. Master's Degree(Health Science Education). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2019.
A study of attitudes relating to home health visit among applied Thai traditional medical students
Abstract:
The aims of this research were to study the attitudes relating to home health visits before and after professional practice experience of applied Thai traditional medical students who studied Bachelor of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine Programme in academic year 2018 at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, to study the patients' satisfaction relating to home health visits using a questionnaire which was assessed by three experts for its validity and reliability, and to study the relationship between students' attitudes and patients' satisfaction relating to home health visits by using Pearson's correlation. The results found that attitudes relating to the relationship with patients and patients' relatives had the highest mean difference. The mean difference of attitudes relating to work with the multidisciplinary team and attitudes relating to the role of applied Thai traditional medical practitioners were higher and statistically significant at p < 0.001. Attitudes relating to practice in home health visits had the least mean difference and were not statistically significant. Patients who received home health visits had a good level of satisfaction. Of all the categories, patients' satisfaction relating to general satisfaction had the highest mean. Students' attitudes after professional experience practice were associated with a positive relationship with the patients' satisfaction. (p < 0.001). Instructors and supervisors should select the appropriate teaching methods to enhance some aspects of attitudes of applied Thai traditional medical students by motivating the students to be able to empathize with people, and be conscious of the elderly care. These can effectively assist the students to increase the level of attitudes and eventually increase the patients' satisfaction level from their performance as well as from health care providers