Is it possible to teach Geriatric Medicine in a stimulating way? Measuring the effect of active learning activities in Brazilian medical students.
Australas J Ageing
; 38(2): e58-e66, 2019 Jun.
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the experience of a Brazilian medical school in implementing different active methods to teach Geriatric Medicine, reporting the students' opinions and satisfaction with the classes and comparing pre- and postcourse measurements of knowledge, attitudes and skills. METHODS: A total of 166 third-year medical students received different active theoretical-practical activities for teaching Geriatric Medicine and their knowledge, attitudes, clinical skills and satisfaction were investigated. RESULTS: All activities had good acceptance among students ranging from 8.54 in the activity "Walking aids" to 9.81 in the activity "Nursing Home visit" (ranging 0-10). After the course, students had better attitudes towards older persons (r = 0.55-0.81, P < 0.001), better knowledge (r = 0.84, P < 0.001), greater empathy (r = 0.51, P < 0.001) and better clinical skills (r = 0.86, P < 0.001). Finally, the course was evaluated positively by the students. CONCLUSION: New active Geriatric Medicine learning activities resulted in improvement in medical students knowledge, attitudes and skills.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Enseñanza
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Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud
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Competencia Clínica
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Geriatría
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Australas J Ageing
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Pais de publicación:
Australia