A brief report on perceptions of alcohol and society among Scottish medical students

H. Steed; M. Groome; P. Rice; K. Simpson; A. Day; J. Ker

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agr139

A brief report on perceptions of alcohol and society among Scottish medical students

H. Steed, M. Groome, P. Rice, K. Simpson, A. Day, J. Ker

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Aims: To assess perceptions on alcohol misuse and addiction among medical students prior to in-depth training in order to determine areas of the curriculum that need to be reshaped or focused on. Methods: A questionnaire assessment of first- and second-year medical students' perceptions of alcohol misuse. Results: Students had some misconceptions about current alcohol misuse rates, including a perception that addiction is common among health professionals, that the under-25s had the fastest increasing rate of alcohol addiction and that British women had a more rapidly increasing rate of alcohol addiction than British men. Conclusion: Encouragingly, students overwhelmingly felt that alcohol addiction was something to which they could make a difference. It highlights that early education about alcohol misuse is important in terms of teaching students how to recognize hazardous and harmful drinkers and how to manage them.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-78
Number of pages	4
Journal	Alcohol and Alcoholism
Volume	47
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agr139
Publication status	Published - 2012

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