Educational needs of junior doctors caring for hospitalised older adults.
Background Junior doctors provide much of the day-to-day medical care for hospitalised older patients. However, there is little formal training after medical school to prepare them for the complex assessment and management required. This gap in postgraduate education raises concerns about preparedne...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10 |
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Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00020729 AGA jtl: Age & Ageing issn: 00020729 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2026 vid: 55 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 192513130 10.1093/ageing/afag004 ppf: 1 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Educational needs of junior doctors caring for hospitalised older adults. aug: au: Yumol, Minna Wilkinson, Tim J Shahab, Rihan Naganathan, Vasi Thillainadesan, Janani affil: Geriatric Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, AustraliaCentre for Education and Research on Ageing, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Level 7 KGV Missenden Road, Camperdown 2050, Australia Geriatric Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, AustraliaCentre for Education and Research on Ageing, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, AustraliaConcord Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia su: Australia Families & psychology Cross-sectional method Curriculum Qualitative research Geriatrics Interviewing Teaching methods Learning Age distribution Sound recordings Communication Hospital care of older people Needs assessment Psychosocial factors Experiential learning Treatment of dementia Medical education Academic medical centers Research funding Polypharmacy Deprescribing Thematic analysis Hospital medical staff Medical students Attitudes of medical personnel Research Clinical competence Geriatric assessment Delirium Research methodology Learning strategies Data analysis software sug: subj: Families & psychology Cross-sectional method Curriculum Qualitative research Geriatrics Interviewing Teaching methods Learning Age distribution Sound recordings Communication Hospital care of older people Needs assessment Psychosocial factors Experiential learning Australia Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools Integrated Record Production/Distribution Sound recording merchant wholesalers Record Production Treatment of dementia Medical education Academic medical centers Research funding Polypharmacy Deprescribing Thematic analysis Hospital medical staff Medical students Attitudes of medical personnel Research Clinical competence Geriatric assessment Delirium Research methodology Learning strategies Data analysis software keyword: copyrightHolder:British Geriatrics Society copyrightYear:2026 delirium dementia geriatric medicine geriatrics https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afag004 inLanguage:en junior doctors knowledge acquisition medical medical education microlearning older adult older people patients' rooms polypharmacy publisher:Oxford University Press qualitative research sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41581116/ schools workplace copyrightHolder:British Geriatrics Society copyrightYear:2026 delirium dementia geriatric medicine geriatrics https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afag004 inLanguage:en junior doctors knowledge acquisition medical medical education microlearning older adult older people patients' rooms polypharmacy publisher:Oxford University Press qualitative research sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41581116/ schools workplace ab: Background Junior doctors provide much of the day-to-day medical care for hospitalised older patients. However, there is little formal training after medical school to prepare them for the complex assessment and management required. This gap in postgraduate education raises concerns about preparedness and confidence, yet little research has examined junior doctors' views on their learning needs, teaching preferences and factors affecting their education. Understanding these perspectives can inform targeted educational strategies to enhance care of older patients. Objective To explore junior doctors' perspectives on learning needs in assessing and managing hospitalised older patients, preferred teaching methods and barriers and facilitators to learning. Methods A qualitative study was undertaken at two major teaching hospitals in Sydney, Australia. Data were collected through semistructured interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and data were thematically analysed. Results Sixteen participants were recruited, which included 10 (63%) postgraduate Year 1 doctors, five (31%) Postgraduate Year 2 doctors and one final-year medical student. Five key themes on learning needs were identified: (i) assessment and management of delirium and dementia, (ii) polypharmacy and deprescribing, (iii) complexity of geriatric medicine, (iv) communication with older patients and their families and (v) Ward craft. Regarding learning methods, experiential learning and microlearning were preferred due to their practicality and immediate applicability. Barriers and facilitators included personal, workplace-specific and situational factors. Conclusion Junior doctors value ongoing education in geriatric medicine. Harnessing their learning needs and preferences offers an important opportunity to improve care for older patients. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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