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Geriatric education and attitudes in family medicine residency
— elder abuse, end-of-life preparedness and training | | Author(s) | Sarah B Laditka, Mary Fischer, Kevin B Mathews |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 23, no 2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 83-98 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | General practitioners ; Attitude ; Dying ; Elder abuse ; Health [elderly] ; Teaching hospitals ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Resident physicians' attitudes about working with older patients and their views about geriatric training are investigated, using data from in-depth personal interviews. Subjects were 26 resident physicians in all three postgraduate years of a course in Utica, NY. The associations between resident physicians' attitudes and age, sex, knowledge of ageing, and level of training were examined, using an established geriatrics attitudes scale. Attitudinal scores showed significantly more positive than neutral attitudes; scores of faculty physicians were significantly higher than those of residents. In the interviews, resident physicians expressed positive attitudes about caring for older patients. Findings highlighted the need for additional training in identifying elder abuse, and in strengthening communications skills for end-of-life discussions. Results also indicated that resident physicians would benefit from more exposure to older patients, including those in good health and those who are frail. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030516226 A |
| Classmark | QT6: DP: CX: QNT: CC: V6: 3F: 7T |
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