title: Medical readers' theater: relevance to geriatrics medical education.
abstract: Medical Readers' Theater (MRT) is an innovative and simple way of helping medical students to reflect on difficult-to-discuss topics in geriatrics medical education, such as aging stereotypes, disability and loss of independence, sexuality, assisted living, relationships with adult children, and end-of-life issues. The authors describe a required MRT experience involving third-year medical students on their Family Medicine clerkship and volunteer residents from a nearby continuing care retirement community. Evaluation of the program shows positive benefits to student and senior participants in terms of greater awareness of each other's perspectives and improved communication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California 92868, USA. jfshapir@uci.edu
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000379:methods*; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*