A cross-country analysis of Polish, Serbian, and Czech medical students’ competencies in working with individuals with intellectual disabilities
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07139-1" target="_blank" >10.1186/s12909-025-07139-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A cross-country analysis of Polish, Serbian, and Czech medical students’ competencies in working with individuals with intellectual disabilities
Original language description
Background: The complexity of difficulties and limitations associated with intellectual disabilities entails the need for accessing support in healthcare services by competent physicians. The way medical education is structured in different countries may influence how well medical students are prepared to address the needs of patients with intellectual disabilities. Methods: Three self-constructed scales were used to compare the self-assessed competencies of undergraduate medical students from Poland, Serbia, and the Czech Republic working with individuals with intellectual disabilities and to understand the significance of selected variables differentiating these competencies across countries. Results: A total of 357 medical students from the three countries constituted the study sample. The students generally acknowledged the necessity of preventing discriminatory practices in healthcare and recognized the importance of special protection for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Differences were observed in their social distance and self-assessed competencies in working with these patients. Additionally, sociodemographic factors and prior experience played differing roles. Conclusions: The education of future doctors should include the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills to work with patients with disabilities.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30307 - Nursing
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
BMC Medical Education
ISSN
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e-ISSN
1472-6920
Volume of the periodical
25
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
590
UT code for WoS article
001472825300003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105003133741