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8797359

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-4
pubmed:abstractText
With the aging of Japan's population, physicians need to be aware of advances in geriatric medicine. To assess the status of geriatric medicine in undergraduate education, we surveyed of medical student's opinions on gerontology and geriatric medicine. A questionnaire was sent to six-year medical students at a total of 20 schools that did not include geriatric medicine in their curriculum. Responses were obtained from 950 students (47.6%) at 16 schools (80%). Almost half of the students (42%) had experiences in health care facilities for the elderly. Ten percent were content with their education in geriatric medicine education and 59% were not. A total of 41.4% felt that geriatric medicine is difficult because it involves many different subjects. Some students had experience as volunteers working with elderly people; they were aware of the aging of Japan's population, and felt that their training in basic geriatrics and in geriatric diseases was insufficient. A total of 56% agreed that all medical schools should have classes in geriatric medicine and 14% did not. Medical students in the schools without classes in geriatric medicine identified dementia (73%), cerebral vascular accidents (51%), cancer (24%) and osteoporosis (19%) as common in elderly people, with no differences between schools. The corresponding data for medical students in schools with classes in geriatric medicine were dementia (77%), cerebral vascular accidents (44%), osteoporosis (29%), and cancer (16%). Undergraduate medical students seem to be exposed to widely differing curricula with regard to geriatric medicine. We found a lack of uniformity in the teaching of gerontology and geriatric medicine to undergraduate medical students in Japan.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0300-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
452-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[University education in geriatrics: medical student's opinions on gerontology and geriatric medicine].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't