Table 1.

Sources of students ECT knowledge prior to commencement of psychiatry rotation

Source	N	%
Movies	36	52.9
Television	25	36.8
Word of mouth	25	36.8
Newspapers, magazines	20	29.4
Personal experience	1	1.5
Experience of a friend, relative treated with ECT	2	2.9
Formal lectures	7	10.2
Information from a psychiatrist or physician	7	10.2
Information from professional publications, journals	7	10.2

#percentages exceed 100.0 because students indicated more than one source