@article{ref1,
title="Awareness and fear of violence among medical and social work students",
journal="Family medicine",
year="1996",
author="Ellwood, A. L. and Rey, L. D.",
volume="28",
number="7",
pages="488-492",
abstract="BACKGROUND: As violence escalates in US society, so does its presence as an issue in the lives of patients and as a cause of presenting problems. This study compared the training of medical and social work students in how to deal with violence and personal experience with workplace violence. METHODS: One hundred medical students and 100 social work students in the same state university system were surveyed about their awareness, experience, and fear of patient violence; their classroom training about violence in the lives of patients; and training in management of patient violence toward professionals. RESULTS: Forty-six medical students and 78 social work students responded. Medical students were found to experience more violence than social work students (80% versus 44% were aware of violence in the workplace; 9% versus 6% had been physically assaulted). However, social work students had received more training than medical students about ways to manage patient violence (31% versus 23% trained in verbal de-escalation of violence). CONCLUSIONS: Violence education should be developed with focus on the prevention of work-related violence for both professional groups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0742-3225",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}