ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2018
Medical student attitudes and concepts of frailty and delirium.
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- A narrative overview of undergraduate geriatric medicine education worldwide.European geriatric medicine · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of frailty education programs for health care professionals.Australasian journal on ageing · 2022Pooled it
- What are we teaching UK medical students about ageing and geriatric medicine? Results of the third British Geriatrics Society national curriculum and teaching survey.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- 'Focus on Frailty': Co-Designing Digital Frailty Education with Healthcare Students.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Perceptions, attitudes and training needs of primary healthcare professionals in identifying and managing frailty: a qualitative study.European geriatric medicine · 2021Article
- What is meant by "frailty" in undergraduate medical education? A national survey of UK medical schools.European geriatric medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundFrailty and delirium are important conditions in an ageing population, but there is little evidence exploring medical students' conceptualisation of, or attitudes towards these subjects. We investigated how students' concepts of frailty and delirium changed following a new geriatric medicine module at Manchester medical school. MATERIALS AND
methodsSemi-structured interviews were used with students before and after the new teaching week to explore changes in attitude towards frailty and delirium and their conceptualisation. Final year students who had not completed the module were interviewed as a comparison group. Grounded theory and content clouds were employed for data analysis.
resultsTen 4th year and 11 final year students were interviewed. After the teaching week, 4th year students had a richer conceptualisation of frailty and delirium. Students described structured assessments such as comprehensive geriatric assessment and expressed confidence in their use. Their frameworks were more developed than the final year students who had not had such teaching. Attitudes towards older people, frailty, delirium, and the specialty of geriatric medicine improved following the teaching week.
conclusionThis study shows that geriatric medicine teaching improves students' conceptualisation of frailty and delirium and their understanding of the importance of structured assessments and management plans.
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