Elder Specialists: Psychosocial Aspects of Medical Education in Geriatric Care

Autor/inn/en	McCann-Stone, Nancy; Robinson, Sherry B.; Rull, Gary; Rosher, Richard B.
Titel	Elder Specialists: Psychosocial Aspects of Medical Education in Geriatric Care
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 35 (2009) 12, S.1076-1088 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Medical Education; Medical Students; Mentors; Older Adults; Geriatrics; Specialists; Program Descriptions; Clinical Experience; Aging (Individuals); Educational Gerontology; Participant Satisfaction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Medizinische Ausbildung; Älterer Erwachsener; Alterswissenschaft; Geriatrie; Aging; Altern; Geragogics; Geragogik
Abstract	This paper describes an Elder Specialist Program developed by one school of medicine to sensitize medical students to geriatric psychosocial issues. Elder Specialists participate in panel discussions as part of each geriatric session. As an alternative to traditional senior mentoring programs, the Elder Specialist Program provides all students a consistent experience and enlightens students to the heterogeneity of the older adult population. Cost of the Elder Specialist Program is minimal. Without exception, the Elder Specialist component of each geriatric session has been rated by students as the highest. Measures of attitudes toward older adults are showing a positive trend. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10