You can't be what you can't see: A systematic website review of Geriatrics Online-Visibility at US medical schools.

Autor: Dawson CMP; VA Bedford, New England Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Bedford, MA, USA.; Boston University School of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, Boston, MA, USA., Abiola AO; Marshfield Clinic Health System, Department of Internal Medicine, Marshfield, WI, USA., Sullivan AM; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Shapiro Institute for Education & Research, Boston, MA, USA.; Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Schwartz AW; VA Boston, New England Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston, MA, USA.; Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Division of Aging, Boston, MA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society [J Am Geriatr Soc] 2022 Oct; Vol. 70 (10), pp. 2996-3005. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 09.
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17997
Abstrakt: Background: Graduating US medical students must build strong skills in caring for older adults, necessitated by shifting population demographics. Little is known, however, about current medical student exposure to geriatrics on a national scale. This systematic website review characterizes geriatrics opportunities at US medical schools, seen through the lens of publicly available information online.
Methods: Reviewers searched for 18 online Geriatrics Elements, in the domains of Information Prevalence, Geriatrics Environment, and Geriatrics Education, for all 191 US medical schools accredited as of January 2020. Latent Class Analysis was used to classify schools according to their publicly visible geriatrics opportunities.
Results: Schools had a median of 7 Geriatrics Elements identified online [IQR 4-10]. Optional geriatrics clinical activity was the most prevalent (76%), while fewer than half of all schools had online evidence of required geriatrics clinical activity (45%). A profile of the three groups of schools identified by Latent Class Analysis, termed Geriatrics Online-Visibility groups (High n = 39, 20%; Medium n = 90, 47%; Low n = 62, 32%), is presented. Online evidence of geriatrics-specific funding was the greatest distinguishing factor among the groups.
Conclusions: Examining US medical school websites collectively and comparatively across Geriatrics Online-Visibility groups can ground discussions of geriatrics education in current national data. Though many school websites present optional geriatrics activities, far fewer specify geriatrics requirements. High Geriatrics Online-Visibility schools present an array of both optional and required geriatrics opportunities on their websites, but this cohort comprises only 20% of schools. Recommended next steps are proposed to guide schools inspired to enhance their Geriatrics Online-Visibility.
(© 2022 The American Geriatrics Society. This article has been contributed to by U.S. Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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