NIA GERIATRIC MEDICINE ACADEMIC AWARD

该提案的三个目标是：（1）改善老年医学教学 通过扩大现有课程中的老年医学内容， 增设老年医学必修课和选修课，（2）提高知识水平， 技能和研究能力的获奖者在老年医学， 重视老年临床药理学，（3）培养和发展 医学生对老龄化的研究和临床职业兴趣。 将延长老年学和老年医学入门课程， 将扩大物理诊断课程中的老年学内容。 一个新的， 第一年的老年学课程集中在采访和心理社会 老年人的变化将被引入，养老院的经验也将被引入。 高级医学见习生 提供的新选修课是 老年药理学、老年医学研讨会和老年医学研究 临床药理学。 在所有的老年病课程中，老年病医生和 老年学研究员将作为榜样。 个人发展 获奖者将集中在培训和发展的研究基地， 老年临床药理学 提高课程目标 知识、技能和态度，并培养对 将通过问卷调查（知识和态度）、使用 模拟患者的数量（技能和表现），以及 学生选修老人科（兴趣）。 的对照研究 新的一年级老年学课程对态度的影响 将集中在健康的老年人身上。 这可以做到，因为 佛罗里达大学30%的一年级医学生 分别在佛罗里达州立大学接受教育。 的 获奖者的个人发展将通过评估 既定目标得到实现，并经过顾问对质量和 开发的研究项目的生产力。

The three goals of this proposal are: (1) to improve teaching in geriatric medicine by expanding geriatric content in existing courses and developing new required and elective geriatric courses, (2) to enhance the knowledge, skills, and research ability of the awardee in geriatric medicine, with a focus on geriatric clinical pharmacology, and (3) to foster and develop research and clinical career interests in aging among medical studients. An Introduction to Gerontology and Geriatrics course will be lengthened and geriatric content in a Physical Diagnosis course will be expanded. A new, first-year gerontology course centered on interviewing and psychosocial changes in the elderly will be introduced as will a nursing home experience in a Senior Advanced Medicine Clerkship. New electives to be offered are Pharmacology of Aging, Seminars in Geriatrics, and Research in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology. In all geriatric courses, geriatricians and geriatric fellows will act as role models. Personal development of the awardee will center on training and development of a research base in geriatric clinical pharmacology. The curriculum objectives of improving knowledge, skills, and attitude about geriatrics and fostering interest in the field will be evaluated by questionnaire (knowledge and attidudes), use of simulated patients (skills and performance), and by the number of students selecting geriatric electives (interest). A contolled study of the effect on attitudes produced by a new first-year gerontology course focused on the healthy elderly will be performed. This can be done because 30 per cent of first-year medical students at the University of Florida receive their education separately at Florida State University. The awardee's personal development will be evaluated by assessing how well stated goals are met and by consultant evaluation of the quality and productivity of the research program developed.