Turkish Journal of Geriatrics 2008 , Vol 11, Issue 1
EVALUATION OF THE “MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL MODULE” WHICH WAS PERFORMED TO THE 3rd CLASS MEDICAL STUDENTS AT ÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITY
1Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Aile Hekimliği Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
2Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
3Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Nöroloji Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
4Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
5Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Farmakoloji Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
6Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
7Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Halk Sağlığı Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
8Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Fizyoloji Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
9Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
10Çukurova Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Tıp Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, ADANA
Introduction: By the increase of elderly population, educations on the health of elderly have started to take place in the programs of several medical faculties. The aim of this article is to evaluate students and trainers feedbacks for the “Module of Multidisciplinary Approach to Elderly Individual” which was performed for the first time in Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine.

Materials and Method: The module was performed to the 3rd class students in June 2007. Feedbacks were received from 26 trainers and 163 students.

Results: The mean of score based on closed ended feedbacks for students was 3.8±0.5 (over 5) and it was 4.0±0.5 for trainers. Open ended feedbacks of trainers indicated that the module was beneficial and suggested additional applications. Open ended feedbacks of the students' indicated that the module was generally useful but end of the school term was not found to be an appropriate time for the application.

Conclusion: This firstly performed module has favorable parts as well as parts requiring improvement. However, it is apparent that the approach of the medical students to elderly individuals will be affected positively by the module and this will be improved by the feedbacks every year. Keywords : Elderly, Module, Feedback, Medical education