Attitudes of Beginning Medical Students Toward Older Persons: A Five‐Campus Study

Reuben, David B.; Fullerton, Judith T.; Tschann, Jeanne M.; Croughan-Minihane, Mary S.

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb06626.x

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“…One study that measured organizational support for compassionate care was also included [39]. Three studies measured compassion in educational institutions, either as indicators of educator instructional performance and quality, or as attributes in residents, fellows or medical/nursing students [40][41][42]. Table 2 summarizes the characteristics of the compassion and compassionate care assessment instruments as reported in the included articles.…”

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Measuring Compassion in Healthcare: A Comprehensive and Critical Review

Sinclair

Russell

Hack

et al. 2016

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Background: There is international concern about the lack of compassion in healthcare systems.A valid and reliable tool for measuring compassion in healthcare systems and educational institutions is required. This comprehensive and critical narrative synthesis identified and compared existing measures of compassionate care in clinical settings.Methods: PubMed, Medline, CINAHL and PsycINFO databases and grey literature were searched to identify studies that report information on instruments that measure compassion or compassionate care in clinicians, nurses, healthcare students and patients. Textual qualitative descriptions of included studies were prepared. Instruments were evaluated using the Evaluating

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Measuring Compassion in Healthcare: A Comprehensive and Critical Review

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Russell

Hack

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“…The study's findings, however, conflict with those of studies conducted among medical and dentistry students which reported that these students held negative attitudes towards the elderly. 2,8 It is unclear why pharmacy students have favorable attitudes towards the elderly. In our study, the early pharmacy practice experience course in geriatrics may have contributed to the positive attitudes of students towards the elderly given that previous studies found that exposing students to a course in geriatrics improved their attitudes towards the elderly.…”

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“…The second section of the questionnaire consisted of questions adapted from the 14-item Geriatrics Attitudes Survey developed at the University of California, Los Angeles. 2 This survey is a validated instrument with high reliability, validity, and sensitivity, 28 designed to measure primary care residents' attitudes toward older people and geriatric patient care 2 and has been used in previous studies.…”

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“…Patient care provided to the elderly is affected by providers' attitudes toward them, with healthcare professionals who hold favorable attitudes toward the elderly and aging providing better care. 1,2 Medical students who had favorable attitudes toward the elderly were found to have a higher likelihood of considering a career in geriatric medicine than those who did not. 3,4 Many health professionals have negative attitudes towards older people and aging.…”

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“…3,4 Many health professionals have negative attitudes towards older people and aging. [5][6][7] While some studies found that medical students have negative attitudes towards the elderly 2,8 and little interest in pursuing geriatric medicine, other studies found that they had neutral or favorable attitudes toward older people and aging. [9][10][11] Many factors were associated with medical students' attitudes toward elderly people, such as previous contact with elderly adults, type of contact, exposure to elderly faculty members in medical school who were positive role models, peer support, and the students' gender and age.…”

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Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes Toward Geriatric Nursing Home Patients

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Gavaza

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Objective. To determine the attitudes of second-year pharmacy students toward older people in general and geriatric patients in particular after attending an Early Pharmacy Practice Experiences 2 course. Methods. One hundred forty-four second-year pharmacy students completed the Geriatrics Knowledge Test and Attitudes Survey between 2008 and 2010. Results. On 11 of 14 items, most students had a favorable opinion of older people and providing geriatric care (mean . 3.0 on a 5-point scale). For example, students believed that treatment of chronically ill elderly patients is not hopeless ( 4.2 6 1.0) and that most older people are pleasant to be with ( 3.8 6 1.0). Gender, age, race/ethnicity, marital status, having children, and rural or nonrural upbringing were not related to the students' attitudes for most items. Conclusion. Although the majority of second-year pharmacy students had favorable attitudes toward older people and geriatric care, the lack of research in this area suggests that further studies are needed.

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Undertriage of Elderly Trauma Patients to State-Designated Trauma Centers

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2008

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Design: Retrospective analysis of 10 years (1995-2004) of prospectively collected data in the statewide Maryland Ambulance Information System followed by surveys of emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma center personnel at regional EMS conferences and level I trauma centers, respectively. Patients: Trauma patients were defined as those who met American College of Surgeons physiology, injury, and/or mechanism criteria and were subjectively declared priority I status by EMS personnel. Main Outcome Measure: Undertriage, defined as when trauma patients were not transported to a state-designated trauma center. Results: The registry analysis identified 26 565 trauma patients. The undertriage rate was significantly higher in patients aged 65 years or older than in younger patients (49.9% vs 17.8%, PϽ.001). On multivariate analysis, this decrease in trauma center transports was found to start at age 50 years (odds ratio, 0.67; 95% confidence interval, 0.57-0.77), with another decrease at age 70 years (odds ratio, 0.45; 95% confidence interval, 0.39-0.53) compared with patients younger than 50 years. A total of 166 respondents participated in the follow-up surveys and ranked the top 3 causal factors for this undertriage as inadequate training, unfamiliarity with protocol, and possible age bias. Conclusions: Even when trauma is recognized and acknowledged by EMS, providers are consistently less likely to consider transporting elderly patients to a trauma center. Unconscious age bias, in both EMS in the field and receiving trauma center personnel, was identified as a possible cause.

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Attitudes of Beginning Medical Students Toward Older Persons: A Five‐Campus Study

Cited by 127 publications

References 19 publications

Measuring Compassion in Healthcare: A Comprehensive and Critical Review

Measuring Compassion in Healthcare: A Comprehensive and Critical Review

Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes Toward Geriatric Nursing Home Patients

Undertriage of Elderly Trauma Patients to State-Designated Trauma Centers

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