title: Intern Boot Camp: Feasibility and impact of a 1-hour session to ensure graduating medical student competency in falls risk assessment.
abstract: The authors evaluated the feasibility of a 1-hour session to ensure competency in gait and falls risk assessment for medical students at their institution. The session included a history and exam with faculty and staff as standardized patients, gait recognition videos, and case evaluation for falls risk assessment and prevention. Student perceptions were evaluated using a retrospective pre-post survey, scored on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used to assess change and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to analyze differences by residency choice. A range of five to 11 faculty and staff certified 238 medical students during eight 1-hour sessions. Overall self-perception of competence in falls risk assessment and prevention improved (p ≤ .001), and did not differ by residency choice, both before and after the training program (p = .73 and p = .25). Feedback was positive. This session is a feasible way to teach and assess the competency for falls risk assessment with modest time commitment.
authors.affiliation: a Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Internal Medicine , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7965-0775
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Omlor
authors.affiliation: b Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Franklin S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.affiliation: b Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.|c Department of Public Health Sciences , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Janice S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lawlor
authors.affiliation: c Department of Public Health Sciences , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lovato
authors.affiliation: d Department of Biostatistical Science , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Nora F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Fino
authors.affiliation: a Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Internal Medicine , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.|b Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine , Wake Forest School of Medicine , Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Hal H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015397:Program Evaluation; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D013337:Students, Medical
keywords: Geriatric competencies; medical education; workshop