Basic knowledge required by medical students for clinic-based clinical clerkship focusing on medical care for elderly patients
10.14442/generalist.34.32
- VernacularTitle:高齢者医療や介護を中心とした学外診療所実習を円滑に行うための事前知識確認の必要性
- Author:
Yoshikuni Kudo
;
Hisanori Kawasaki
;
Toshio Fujioka
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:An Official Journal of the Japan Primary Care Association
2011;34(1):32-37
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Introduction: Recently, we reported on the effectiveness of short-term educational programs in clinic-based clinical clerkships that focus on medical care for elderly patients. To evaluate the need for providing a preliminary explanation of the medical care system and the medical equipment related to our programs, we assess the basic knowledge indispensable for all medical students for clinic-based training.
Methods: Before the training, we distributed a questionnaire related to our programs to medical students of Oita University who had participated in clinical clerkships.
Results: The analysis of the questionnaire data revealed that only 11.4% of the students knew the difference between the numbers of beds in a clinic and a hospital. In addition, 24.3% and 35.7% of the students did not know that vaccinations and medical examinations, respectively, are not approved for health insurance coverage in Japan. Of the students, 31.4% could not see the inappropriateness of addressing elderly female patients as “Grandma”. Furthermore, 28.1% of them did not know the sizes of needles and catheters, and only 18.6% of them knew the difference between a normal syringe and a catheter-tip syringe. In regard to the long-term care insurance system, 62.9% of them did not know of the concept of daily-life group care for elderly dementia patients.
Conclusion: These results suggest that preliminary explanations of the medical care system and the medical equipment related to our programs must be provided at the beginning of the training.
