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Medical students' positive and negative misconceptions about the elderly
— the impact of training in geriatrics | | Author(s) | Maria H van Zuilen, Mark P Rubert, Michael Silverman |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 21, no 3, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 31-40 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Teaching hospitals ; Students ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 288 junior and senior medical students at the University of Miami School of Medicine responded to Palmore's Facts on Ageing Quiz (FAQ) 1 and 2 and the Facts on Ageing and Mental Health Quiz before and after they completed a course in geriatrics. Pre- and post-comparisons of medical students' knowledge base and misconceptions about the older population revealed a significant improvement in students' knowledge base. Students displayed considerable misconceptions as demonstrated by the bias scores on the FAQ 1 and 2. Current findings indicate that only positive bias scores improved. This may be the result of the students primarily being exposed to chronically ill or semi-dependent nursing home patients. To ameliorate some of their negative misconceptions, students may benefit from contact with healthy older people, or those who are treated for acute rather than chronic problems. Additional geriatric education and exposure to older adults should be incorporated throughout the four years of medical school training. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020222210 A |
| Classmark | V6: XN: TOB: 4C: 7T |
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