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Focus group evaluation of physician training in geriatric medicine
— does geriatric rotation make a difference? | | Author(s) | Rebecca Burke, Edmund H Duthie |
| Journal title | Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, vol 17, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 29-38 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Doctors ; Teaching hospitals ; Discussions ; Health [elderly] ; Medical care ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article reports on the analysis of content from focus groups held to assess US medical residents' attitudes about geriatric health care. Internal medical residents volunteered to participate in a curriculum discussion. Discussions were guided by a moderator to elicit attitudes toward older people and caring for them, and were recorded on audiotape, transcribed, and qualitatively analysed. Residents distinguished `old' from `geriatric', and recognised the importance of taking care of older people. Residents who had taken a formal option in geriatrics expressed more comfort and confidence regarding the care of older people than those that had not. They also had more knowledge and clinical skills necessary for the care of geriatric patients. Focus groups enable attitudes to be assessed in a way not possible with standard surveys; and this technique has utility in medical education and curriculum analysis. Internal medicine trainees do gain from specific geriatric courses beyond what is available in the standard residency experience. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980728006 A |
| Classmark | QT2: V6: VBB: CC: LK: TOB: 4C: 7T |
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