Medical Students' Knowledge and Misconceptions About Aging: Responses to Palmore's Facts on Aging Quizzes

Overview

Journal Gerontologist

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 1992 Apr 1

PMID 1577311

Citations 3

Authors

M C Duerson

J W Thomas

J Chang

C B Stevens

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Abstract

Palmore's Facts on Aging Quizzes I and II and Facts on Aging Mental Health Quiz were administered as a single test to third-year medical students before and after their 6-week Community Health and Family Medicine clerkship. The clerkship experience contributed to a small improvement in students' knowledge about the aged, net bias scores decreased from pre- to posttest, and scores on FAQI were significantly higher than scores on FAQII both pre- and posttest.

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