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Direct linkBates, Tovah; Cohan, Mary; Bragg, Dawn S.; Bedinghaus, Joan – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Senior Mentor Program (SMP) has been offered to a small group of first and second year medical students as a course alternative to the traditional physician mentor program. The program links students with healthy older adult mentors and includes mentor/student visits, didactic sessions, written assignments,…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Mentors, Focus Groups
Peer reviewedKutner, Nancy G. – Journal of Medical Education, 1978
Despite evidence of increased interest among medical students in entering family practice, concern for the needs of the chronically ill and aged still seems to be largely absent in medical schools and students have negative attitudes toward them. Restructuring of medical education is necessary to promote more concern. (LBH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Diseases, Geriatrics, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSmith, Marcia R.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
A case-based, problem-oriented, modular curriculum in geriatrics for medical students was evaluated to investigate whether: students would demonstrate cognitive knowledge gain, students' attitudes toward the elderly would change favorably, suggested activities would influence students' ratings, and which institutional characteristics facilitate…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Evaluation
Peer reviewedWilson, John F.; Hafferty, Frederick W. – Gerontologist, 1983
Assessed long-term effects of a seminar on aging for first-year medical students (N=19) prior to medical school graduation. Compared to controls (N=28), seminar students held more favorable attitudes toward the elderly and perceived contacts with elderly patients in a more complex manner, suggesting lasting effects. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Aging Education, Attitude Change, Followup Studies, Geriatrics
Del Duca, Danny; Duque, Gustavo – Educational Gerontology, 2006
The process of students' evaluation in medical schools has changed from a tutor-led evaluation system based on students' performance to a student-based evaluation that involves self-reflection and their level of change in skills and attitudes. At the McGill University Division of Geriatric Medicine, we developed an innovative system of evaluation…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Portfolio Assessment, Student Attitudes, Aging (Individuals)
Kantor, Bonnie S.; Myers, Michelle R. – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2006
The Ohio State College of Medicine began its Senior Partners Program (SPP) in 2001 as part of its commitment to integrate geriatric education throughout all four years of the medical curriculum. For participating senior partners and medical students, the SPP has signified a journey through a continuum of aging. Initial evaluations suggest that…
Descriptors: Medical Students, State Schools, State Colleges, Geriatrics
