@article{Haque_Soong_Wong_2013, place={Markham, Canada}, title={Assessing the Impact of a Geriatric Clinical Skills Day on Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward Geriatrics}, volume={17}, url={https://cgjonline.ca/index.php/cgj/article/view/74}, DOI={10.5770/cgj.17.74}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background<br /></strong></p><p>The aging population requires an improvement in physicians’ attitudes, knowledge, and skills, regardless of their specialty. This study aimed to identify attitude changes of University of Toronto pre-clerkship medical students towards geriatrics after participation in a Geriatric Clinical Skills Day (GCSD).</p><p><strong>Methods</strong></p><p>This was a before and after study. The GCSD consisted of one large and four small interactive, inter-professional geriatric medicine workshops facilitated by various health professionals. A questionnaire, including the validated UCLA Geriatrics Attitudes Scale, was administered to participating pre-clerkship medical students before and after the GCSD. A one-sample t-test and signed rank parametric test were used to determine attitude changes.</p><p><strong>Results</strong></p><p>42.1% indicated an interest in Geriatric Medicine, 26.3% in Geriatric Psychiatry, and 63.2% in working with elderly patients. Both pre- and post-mean scores were greater than 3 (neutral), indicating a positive attitude before and after the intervention (<em>p</em> < .001). There was no significant difference in the change in mean total scores (signed rank test <em>p</em> ≥ .12, Student’s t-test <em>p</em> > .11).</p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p><p>The GCSD did not alter pre-clerkship students’ attitudes towards geriatrics. This study adds to geriatric medical education research and warrants further investigation in a larger, multi centred trial.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Canadian Geriatrics Journal}, author={Haque, Andalib F. and Soong, Daniel G. and Wong, Camilla L.}, year={2013}, month={Dec.}, pages={12–15} }