老化研究の最前線:医学生のための新しい老年医学選択科目

Aman Narayan1, Deborah G Freeland2, Vivyenne Roche2

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

高齢者は複雑な医学的および心理社会的なヘルスケア上のニーズを抱えていることが多いが、医学部卒業間近の学生は、これらの課題に十分に対処するための準備が不足していると感じることが頻繁にある。「Frontiers in Aging (FiA)」は、高齢者をケアするさまざまな専門分野を目指す医学部高学年向けに提供されている、4週間の老年医学選択科目である。本カリキュラムは、加齢に伴い共存症を発症する60代の健康な男性を軸に構成されている。多職種チームのメンバーが、老年医学のコンピテンシーに基づき、このカリキュラムを実施する。ダイナミックな根拠に基づく医療(EBM)セッションでは、インタラクティブな指導法が採用され、レジデントに必要なスキルが統合されている。本コースは6年間にわたり提供されており、そのうち2年間はCOVID-19の影響でバーチャル形式で行われた。コース前後のアンケートにより、カリキュラムの実現可能性、有用性、および受容性を評価した。3年間で160名の学生が登録し、各アンケートの回答率はほぼ90%であった。回答者の97%が、セッションで新しい内容が扱われたと示した。評価の結果、(1) コースが魅力的で楽しく、(2) 内容が斬新で実用的であり、(3) 習得したスキルと情報が専門分野を問わず将来のキャリアに有用であることが明らかになった。特筆すべきは、学生の96%(134/140名)がこのコースを再度選択したいと回答した点である。FiAは、さまざまな専門分野を目指す医学生に老年医学の核心的なコンピテンシーを伝えるマルチモーダルな選択科目であり、対面およびバーチャル双方の形式において有効である。

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