Introducing geriatric health in medical training in Ajman, United Arab Emirates: A co-curricular approach
| Autor: | RB Shaikh, S Al Sharbatti, Elsheba Mathew, Jayadevan Sreedharan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Before after study
geriatric health knowledge lcsh:R5-920 education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty Fourth year medical students before-after study business.industry Research education Population General Medicine Training methods Affect (psychology) attitude Family medicine Medical training Medicine Quality of care lcsh:Medicine (General) business Curriculum introductory workshop |
| Zdroj: | Australasian Medical Journal, Vol 4, Iss 6, Pp 346-353 (2011) |
| Popis: | BackgroundMedical students’ knowledge and understanding of theelderly will affect the quality of care to the rising populationof older adults which points to a need to identify geriatrichealth training methods appropriate for the region andcurriculum. Therefore the study assessed the effect of a cocurricularintroductory workshop on knowledge regardinggeriatric health and attitude towards the elderly amongfourth year medical students in a medical universityMethodA quasi-experimental before-after study, with control wasconducted at Gulf Medical College among 60 medicalstudents from discipline-based curriculum in year IV duringMay–June 2010 of whom 16 had opted (attendees) toundergo the introductory course, a five day workshop of 10hours duration. Pre- and post-testing used self-administeredquestionnaires for demographic variables: age, gender,nationality, close contact with older people; a quiz on oldpeople’s health, and Kogan’s Old People Scale (KOPS) forattitude. The difference in scores on quiz and KOPS werecompared for the attendees and 26 non-attendees whoparticipated in both pre and post testing.ResultsThe attendees group had 38% male and 62% femaleparticipants and the non-attendees group had 21% and 79%respectively. The groups were not significantly different inage, sex, nationality and close contact with the elderly. Thescores on the quiz and KOPS showed no statisticallysignificant difference between the two groups before orafter the workshop. Almost all the participants evaluatedthe workshop very positively especially the interaction withhealthy elderly and inmates of old people’s home.ConclusionA 10-hour introductory co-curricular workshop made nosignificant change in the knowledge on geriatric health orattitude of fourth year medical students though theyreported it as a very enriching experience. A reflectivereport may have been a better assessment tool and theimpact on their clinical practice cannot be predicted. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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