1Consultant Dentist, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly
2Student, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly
3Tutor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Somshekhar Sharma Tutor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Email: som.sharmax@gmail.com
Online published on 19 January, 2018.
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are a major public health problem with reaching effects on both the affected and the healthcare personnel providing care. There is a ethical and legal implications involved in treating a patient with HIV as well a aspect of ending discrimination and apathy in attitudes of healthcare providers towards such afflicted individuals. This study was aimed at ascertaining the knowledge and attitudes of various levels of medical students towards the disease and the afflicted with a view to understand what can be done to improve the present scenario. The study concluded that there is in fact a lacunae on what is an ideal knowledge requirement and what is found on the ground, It emphasized that medical students must be better acclimatized with bedside requirements and attitude shift that must be brought about when dealing with HIV Patients.
HIV, Medical Students, Transmission, Medical education
