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Geriatric Medicine Fellows' Experiences and Attitudes toward an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
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Bagri, Anita S.; Zaw, Khin M.; Milanez, Marcos N.; Palacios, Juan J.; Qadri, Syeda S.; Bliss, Linda A.; Roos, Bernard A.; Ruiz, Jorge G. – Educational Gerontology, 2009
A total of 8 geriatric medicine fellows participated in an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) assessing communication skills and clinical reasoning in common geriatric syndromes. To determine their perceptions about the experience, we conducted surveys and semistructured interviews. We analyzed the survey data using descriptive…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Communication Skills, Medical Education, Interviews
Communication and Informed Consent in Clinical Geriatrics.
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Ratzan, Richard M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1986
Obtaining a valid informed consent from an elderly person, especially with possible senile dementia of the Alzheimer's type, first may involve solving the practical problems of effective communication. Impediments to effective communication with these individuals is discussed and suggestions for how to obviate them are given. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Counseling, Disabilities, Geriatrics
The Senior Mentor Program at Duke University School of Medicine
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Heflin, Mitchell T. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
The Duke University School of Medicine has a unique curriculum in which students complete basic sciences in year 1 and clinical clerkships in year 2, making way for an entire year of independent study in year 3. Into this compact curriculum, education in geriatrics has been successfully introduced through focused exercises and activities…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Mentors, Clinical Experience, Independent Study
Teaching Principles of Geriatrics Through a Home Health Care Rotation.
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Francisco, George E., Jr. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1983
A one week rotation in home health care for the aged, included in a required clinical clerkship, provided students with exposure to medical, social, and economic influences on the elderly and provided the patient with nondispensing pharmaceutical services. Improved communication skills and knowledge of geriatric drugs and diseases resulted. (MSE)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Communication Skills, Diseases, Drug Therapy
Humanistic Health Care Components in a Course on the Geriatric Patient: A Rationale and a Strategy.
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Sumner, Edward D.; Kaylor, C. Edward, Jr. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1982
Components of instruction and exercises in humanistic health care added to an interdisciplinary pharmacy course on the geriatric patient are described. Included in the coursework are values and attitudes concerning elderly people, interpersonal communication skills, and special psychological and social complexities of old age. (MSE)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Course Content, Educational Gerontology, Geriatrics
Increasing Student/Older Adult Interaction by Life Review Assignments.
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Sumner, Edward D.; Haight, Barbara K. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1993
A method for increasing interaction between students and older adults in a geriatric pharmacy course uses an instructional module on stereotypes, age and personality, role changes, and nursing home living. The course requires students to conduct a life review of someone over age 65. The exercise improves student communication skills and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Counselor Client Relationship
Integrated Clinical Geriatric Pharmacy Clerkship in Long Term, Acute and Ambulatory Care.
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Polo, Isabel; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1994
A clinical geriatric pharmacy clerkship containing three separate practice areas (long-term, acute, and ambulatory care) is described. The program follows the medical education clerkship protocol, with a clinical pharmacy specialist, pharmacy practice resident, and student. Participation in medical rounds, interdisciplinary conferences, and…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Clinics, Communication Skills