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Roane, David M.; Tucker, Jennifer; Eisenstadt, Ellen; Gomez, Maria; Kennedy, Gary J. – Academic Psychiatry, 2012
Objective: Authors assessed the benefit of including medical students on geropsychiatric home-visits. Method: Medical students, during their psychiatry clerkship, were assigned to a home-visit group (N=43) or control group (N=81). Home-visit participants attended the initial visit of a home-bound geriatric patient. The Maxwell-Sullivan Attitude…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Home Visits
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Warshaw, Gregg A.; Bragg, Elizabeth J.; Layde, Joseph B.; Meganathan, Karthikeyan; Brewer, David E. – Academic Psychiatry, 2010
Objective: The authors describe the current characteristics of geriatrics training within general psychiatry training programs. Methods: In the fall of 2006, a survey was mailed and made available online to all U.S. psychiatric residency program directors (N=181). Results: The response rate was 54% (n=97). Of the responding psychiatry programs,…
Descriptors: Physicians, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Patients
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Lewis, Roya; Lamdan, Ruth M.; Wald, David; Curtis, Michael – Academic Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Gender bias has been reported in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with a variety of illnesses. In the context of our 10-station fourth year Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation, we queried whether this could influence diagnosis in a geriatric case. Case writers hypothesized that, due to this bias, the female standardized…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Identification, Geriatrics, Patients
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Lieff, Susan; Andrew, Melissa; Tiberius, Richard – Academic Psychiatry, 2004
Objective: This study examines the issues influencing psychiatrists' decisions to provide care to the under-served geriatric population. Methods: Community-based psychiatrists who see geriatric patients participated in focus group discussions exploring factors that influence the characteristics of their current practices. Results: Personal themes,…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Decision Making, Influences, Older Adults