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Assessing the benefits of a geropsychiatric home-visit program for medical students
David M Roane1, Jennifer Tucker, Ellen Eisenstadt
1Dept. of Psychiatry, Beth IsraelMedical Center, New York, NY, USA. droane@chpnet.org
Objective:
Authors assessed the benefit of including medical students on geropsychiatric home-visits. METHOD Medical students, during their psychiatry clerkship, were assigned to a home-visit group (N=43) or control group (N=81). Home-visit participants attended the initial visit of a home-bound geriatric patient. The Maxwell-Sullivan Attitude Scale (MSAS), measuring attitudes about geriatric patients, was administered to all students before and after the clerkship. Home-visit participants received a questionnaire to rate the experience.
Results:
There were no significant differences between the groups with regard to change from baseline to follow-up on the MSAS. On the home-visit questionnaire, participants rated positively the overall experience (mean of 3.5 on a 4-point scale). Most home-visit participants commented positively about their experience.
Conclusion:
No significant effect of the home visit on medical student attitudes was demonstrated. However, the student questionnaire responses suggested that the students found the experience useful.
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