Evaluation of the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of sixth-year medical school students in Izmir about autism spectrum disorder
Öykü Akkaş, Öykü Yavuz Kan, Sezen Köse, Tezan Bildik · 2026
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Öykü Akkaş and colleagues published a 2026 survey of what final-year medical students in Izmir, Turkey, know and feel about autism spectrum disorder. Across four universities, 748 sixth-year students described their training, information sources, and confidence, and completed validated scales for autism knowledge and societal attitudes. Two thirds had attended at least one autism training session, and a quarter had joined follow-up of autistic patients.
Despite that exposure, about thirty-nine percent said they were not confident managing a suspected case, and over eighty percent wanted more clinical observation of autism built into the curriculum. Students who had examined patients, received extra training, or simply knew someone autistic scored significantly higher on both knowledge and attitude measures. Book learning alone, the authors argue, is not enough: direct contact with autistic people is what turns information into competence.
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| CREATOR | Öykü Akkaş, Öykü Yavuz Kan, Sezen Köse, Tezan Bildik |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41756 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |