title: Medical students' knowledge and misconceptions about aging: responses to Palmore's Facts on Aging Quizzes.
abstract: Palmore's Facts on Aging Quizzes I and II and Facts on Aging Mental Health Quiz were administered as a single test to third-year medical students before and after their 6-week Community Health and Family Medicine clerkship. The clerkship experience contributed to a small improvement in students' knowledge about the aged, net bias scores decreased from pre- to posttest, and scores on FAQI were significantly higher than scores on FAQII both pre- and posttest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Duerson
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires