A Multimodal Aging and Dying Course for First-Year Medical Students Improves Knowledge and Attitudes
A Multimodal Aging and Dying Course for First-Year Medical Students Improves Knowledge and Attitudes
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02363.x
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发表时间：
2009-08-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Flacker, Jonathan
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作者：
Eskildsen, Manuel A.;Flacker, Jonathan
当医学院改变课程时，这为开发新材料提供了机会，并且通常会消除以前设计的课程。埃默里大学医学院于 2007 年修订了课程，在前 18 个月将临床医学和基础科学结合起来。作为“健康人类”第一部分的一部分，它包括一个为期一周的衰老模块。本研究的主要目的是评估课程前后对老龄化问题的态度和知识。该课程包括为期 5 天的课程，主题涵盖从分子生物学到衰老的社会方面。学生在课程前后完成了一项调查，包括人口统计、加州大学洛杉矶分校老年病态度量表 (UCLA-GAS) 以及老龄化事实测验 1 (FAQ1)。 UCLA-GAS 采用 5 点李克特量表衡量人们对老年患者的态度，FAQ1 是一项关于衰老知识的 25 项真假测试。全部 130 名一年级学生完成了课前调查，129 名一年级学生完成了课后调查。 4 名学生表示，他们计划在课程开始前接受老年病学专业培训，10 名学生计划在课程结束后进行（使用费舍尔精确检验，P=0.28）。课前 UCLA-GAS 平均分数为 3.7 +/- 0.4，课后为 3.8 +/- 0.4（P
When medical schools change their curricula, this opens up opportunities for the development of new material and often eliminates previously designed courses. Emory University's School of Medicine revised its curriculum in 2007, combining clinical medicine and basic sciences in the first 18 months. As part of its first section on "The Healthy Human," it included a weeklong module on aging. The main objective of this study was to evaluate attitudes and knowledge about aging issues before and after the course. The course included 5 days of sessions on topics ranging from molecular biology to societal aspects of aging. Students completed a survey including demographics, the University of California at Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale (UCLA-GAS), and the Facts on Aging Quiz-1 (FAQ1) before and after the course. The UCLA-GAS measures attitudes toward geriatric patients on a 5-point Likert scale, and the FAQ1 is a 25-item true-false test on knowledge of aging. All 130 first-year students completed the precourse survey, and 129 completed the postcourse survey. Four students said they planned to pursue specialty training in geriatrics before the module, and 10 planned to do so after the course (P=.28 using Fisher exact test). Mean UCLA-GAS score was 3.7 +/- 0.4 before the class and 3.8 +/- 0.4 after (P