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See Latest ArticlesA Multimodal Aging and Dying Course for First-Year Medical Students Improves Knowledge and Attitudes
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 06/29/09
The main objective of this study was to evaluate attitudes and knowledge about aging issues before and after the course. The course included 5 days of sessions on topics ranging from molecular biology to societal aspects of aging. Students completed a survey including demographics, the University of California at Los Angeles Geriatrics Attitudes Scale (UCLA-GAS), and the Facts on Aging Quiz-1 (FAQ1) before and after the course. The UCLA-GAS measures attitudes toward geriatric patients on a 5-point Likert scale, and the FAQ1 is a 25-item true–false test on knowledge of aging. All 130 first-year students completed the precourse survey, and 129 completed the postcourse survey. Four students said they planned to pursue specialty training in geriatrics before the module, and 10 planned to do so after the course. Mean UCLA-GAS score was 3.7±0.4 before the class and 3.8±0.4 after. Mean of correct answers on FAQ1 was 16.1±2.4 before the class and 17.5±2.3 after. This weeklong course on aging for first-year medical students at Emory improved their attitudes toward elderly people and their knowledge base on aging.
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