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Volume 10 (3)
Volume 10, Issue 3, 1990 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1990; 10(3):223-236
MEDICINE
van Servellen G Lewis CE Leake B A b s t r a c t Three major trends are driving the widespread need for continuing education in AIDS. First, with the spread of AIDS, increasing numbers of health care professionals are becoming involved in the care and treatment of AIDS, ARC and HIV positive individuals. Second, as the disease spreads beyond current AIDS epicenters, more persons with minimal information are required to have a baseline working knowledge of AIDS. Finally, the reluctance of many health care professionals to care for HIV-positive individuals, along with already existing staff shortages, limits access to care and makes the provision of responsive educational programs even more important. Generic programs to educate health professionals frequently lack sufficient specificity and sensitivity to address the needs of health professionals with varying levels of knowledge and role responsibility. This paper briefly summarizes the literature on the similarities and differences in knowledge and attitudes across and within professional groups. In addition, it presents specific research designed to provide initial direction for considering the circumstances under which health professionals, particularly nurses and physicians, may or may not profit from generic programs aimed at mixed levels and types of health care provider. MeSH Terms: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Attitude of Health Personnel; Comparative Study; Counseling; Education, Continuing; Fear; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Nurses; Physicians; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Publication Type: Review |
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