Linked Life Data

17767689

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/17767689

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
In 2003, Weill Cornell Medical College developed a 4-hour module to introduce the geriatric patient within the required first-year doctoring course. The educational intervention highlights the importance of communication between older patients and physicians, the utility of an enhanced social history and functional assessment, and the pitfalls of ageism in the medical setting. The module incorporates film, the performing arts, and small-group exposure to a community-residing older person. To evaluate the module's effect, four successive classes of first-year medical students (2003-2006) responded to a 14-item questionnaire and three opened-ended questions at the end of the 4-hour curriculum. Quantitative and qualitative analysis reveal consistently strong positive student feedback to this module. Almost all students agreed that the learning objectives were clear (99%) and had been met (99%). Several curricular interventions received high endorsement from the respondents in their questionnaire and narrative comments. Most (94%) were in strong agreement that meeting the older patient in the small group was a worthwhile experience. Also, students appreciated observing an example of a substandard interview (76% in strong agreement) and then a demonstration of effective communication (83% in strong agreement) through dramatic enactments. The majority of students (97%) commented that exposure to these presentations enabled them to see ageist behavior firsthand and to observe how ageist attitudes interfere with appropriate diagnosis and medical care. This approach to introducing the older patient may be of use at other medical schools. Future studies will need to evaluate the long-term effect of this educational intervention.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-8614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1445-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Introduction to the older patient: a "first exposure" to geriatrics for medical students.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA. rdadelma@med.cornell.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't