title: Aging Couple Across the Curriculum.
abstract: Aging Couple Across the Curriculum is a unique program designed around a couple who "age" a decade with each year of medical school. In these half-day sessions, students encounter the aging couple through a standardized patient experience. Interactive breakout sessions conducted by multidisciplinary professionals enhance student learning and appreciation of the contributions of the team of professionals. A panel of elder specialists provides personal insight into how they have overcome and/or adapted to various health-related problems. Evaluation measures have indicated that students are benefiting from the program and that it is affecting their attitudes in a positive way toward caring for older adults.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9636, USA. grull@siumed.edu
authors.forename: Gary M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rull
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Rosher
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: McCann-Stone
authors.forename: Sherry B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012577:Schools, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires