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The hidden curriculum of the medical care for elderly patients in medical education
— a qualitative study | | Author(s) | Ariadne Meiboom, Chantal Diedrich, Henk de Vries |
| Journal title | Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, vol 36, no 1, January-March 2015 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-March 2015 |
| Pages | pp 30-44 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Curricula ; Teaching hospitals ; Students ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Qualitative Studies ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Despite more attention being given to geriatrics in medical curricula, few new doctors are seeking training in this field. So far, there has been no exploration of factors in the hidden curriculum that could potentially influence the persisting lack of interest in this field of medicine. To study this hidden curriculum in medical education in relation to medical care of elderly patients, the authors used a qualitative research design and semi-structured interviews, including participant observations on two internal medicine wards in a Dutch teaching hospital. The results showed that older patients with multiple problems are seen as frustrating and not interesting. Consequently, medical students were not stimulated to go into the totality of older patients' medical problems. They also picked up a lot of disparaging remarks about these patients. The mainly negative attitudes demonstrated by role models - in particular the residents - may potentially influence future doctors and their choice of career. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150619201 A |
| Classmark | CC: V9C: V6: XN: TOB: 3DP: 76H |
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