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First Year Medical Students' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Interest in Geriatric Medicine
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Lu, Wei-Hsin; Hoffman, Kimberly G.; Hosokawa, Michael C.; Gray, M. Peggy; Zweig, Steven C. – Educational Gerontology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of an extracurricular geriatric program on medical students' knowledge of, and attitudes toward, the elderly and their interest in studying geriatric medicine. The participants were first-year medical students (n = 137) who joined the Senior Teacher Education Partnership (STEP) program that…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Geriatrics, College Freshmen