Knowledge of aging and attitudes toward older people. A survey of Australian podiatric medical students.
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc
; 93(1): 11-7, 2003.
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| ID: mdl-12533550
Podiatric medical students in Australia were surveyed to evaluate their reasons for entering podiatric medicine, knowledge of aging, attitudes toward older people, perceptions of treatment efficacy, and desire to specialize in geriatrics. Few students plan to specialize in geriatrics upon graduation (4%), with most preferring general practice (25%) or sports medicine (21%). However, knowledge of aging was good, and students had favorable attitudes toward older people and considered treatment of older people to be effective. Few age- or gender-related effects were observed. It is concluded that students' lack of desire to specialize in geriatrics may be due not to unfavorable perceptions of older people but rather to the low profile and limited development of geriatrics as a specialty area within the podiatric medical profession.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Podiatria
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Estudantes de Medicina
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Envelhecimento
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc
Assunto da revista:
PODIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália