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Encountering aged care: a mixed methods investigation of medical students' clinical placement experiences
Annear MJ, Lea E, Lo A, Tierney L, Robinson A.. BMC geriatrics, 2016-02-04
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Plain-language summary
Results Pre-placement surveys identified good dementia knowledge, but poor attitudes towards aged care and older adults. Negative placement experiences were associated with a struggle to discern case complexity and a perception of an aged care placement as an opportunity cost associated with reduced hospital training time. Irrespective of negative sentiment, post-placement survey data showed significant improvements in attitudes to working with older people and dementia knowledge. This suggests that aged care facilities offer considerable opportunity to enhance undergraduate medical education.
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Annear, M. J., Lea, E., Lo, A., Tierney, L., & Robinson, A. (2016). Encountering aged care: a mixed methods investigation of medical students' clinical placement experiences. BMC geriatrics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0211-8
Vancouver
Annear MJ, Lea E, Lo A, Tierney L, Robinson A. Encountering aged care: a mixed methods investigation of medical students' clinical placement experiences. BMC geriatrics. 2016. doi:10.1186/s12877-016-0211-8. PMID: 26846779.
BibTeX
@article{annear2016-26846779,
author = {Annear, M. J. and Lea, E. and Lo, A. and Tierney, L. and Robinson, A.},
title = {{Encountering aged care: a mixed methods investigation of medical students' clinical placement experiences}},
journal = {BMC geriatrics},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.1186/s12877-016-0211-8},
pmid = {26846779},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0211-8}
}
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Key findings
- Results Pre-placement surveys identified good dementia knowledge, but poor attitudes towards aged care and older adults.
- Negative placement experiences were associated with a struggle to discern case complexity and a perception of an aged care placement as an opportunity cost associated with reduced hospital training time.
- Irrespective of negative sentiment, post-placement survey data showed significant improvements in attitudes to working with older people and dementia knowledge.
- This suggests that aged care facilities offer considerable opportunity to enhance undergraduate medical education.
Study details
- Participants61
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 47/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multicenter collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 27 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 47 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (BMC geriatrics) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2016 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 1 / 4 | 61 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multicenter collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 26846779) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Points | 27 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 27 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 47 out of 100. |
| Total | 47 / 100 | — |
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