Systematic Review: Helping the Young to Understand the Old. Teaching Interventions in Geriatrics to Improve the Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Undergraduate Medical Students

It is unclear whether geriatrics‐specific educational interventions lead to improvement in students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes and whether successful interventions possess any consistent features. This review examines the effect of educational interventions on undergraduate knowledge, sk...

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Published in:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2010-10, Vol.58 (10), p.1987-1993
Main Authors: Tullo, Ellen StC, Spencer, John, Allan, Louise
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - standards
General aspects
Geriatrics
Geriatrics - education
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health participants
Humans
medical education
Medical schools
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Students
Systematic review
Teaching - standards
Teaching methods
undergraduate
United States
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Summary:It is unclear whether geriatrics‐specific educational interventions lead to improvement in students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes and whether successful interventions possess any consistent features. This review examines the effect of educational interventions on undergraduate knowledge, skills, and attitudes in geriatric medicine and concludes that a wide range of innovative designs have the potential to improve each of these parameters, although evidence of interventions that improve student skills is lacking, and further research is necessary to confirm the efficacy of specific teaching strategies in geriatrics.
ISSN:0002-8614
1532-5415
DOI:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03072.x