Medical students and physician trainees’ attitude toward elderly population have a
strong association on influencing a career in geriatrics, but there is paucity of
information regarding the attitudes of trainees towards providing care for long term
care elderly patients. The negative consequences of poor curriculum or the lack of
it may contribute to a decreased interest to pursue fellowship in geriatric medicine.
Some potential curricular interventions to offset this include an academic focus to
improve medical knowledge, with some published literature demonstrating a positive
impact of this intervention on attitudes toward geriatric medicine. Unfortunately,
no interventions have been focused on post-acute care and long term care (PACLTC).
We wanted to analyze Internal Medicine residents’ feedback on geriatrics/PACLTC curriculum
to perhaps guide modification of the curriculum to foster improved attitudes.
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