Dedicated teaching block for undergraduate geriatric medicine improves knowledge |
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| Authors: | Renuka Visvanathan Teena Silakong Solomon Yu |
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| Institution: | 1. Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide Health Service;2. and Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia;3. Aged and Extended Care Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide Health Service, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Aim: This paper describes the performance of 5th year medical students in multiple choice question (MCQ) examinations before and after a geriatric medicine teaching block. Methods: A 30‐question MCQ test was administered at the start and a 45‐question one at the end of the course. Results: There was a statistically significant improvement in the MCQ scores from a mean of 62% (SD 10.4) to 75.2% (SD 7.9) (P < 0.001). Total mean scores for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Geriatrics Knowledge test improved from 65% (SD 10.4) to 73%(SD 11.7) (P < 0.001). Total mean scores for the American Geriatric Society (AGS) Geriatrics Review Syllabus MCQs improved from 59.3% (SD 17.0) to 78.1% (SD 12.1) (P < 0.001). Post‐course, students scored equally well in the new questions, the validated UCLA test and the AGS questions. Conclusion: An undergraduate geriatric medicine clinical teaching block in senior clinical years can increase students' knowledge in geriatric medicine. |
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| Keywords: | geriatric medicine knowledge multiple choice question undergraduate |
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