Social learning: medical student perceptions of geriatric house calls.

摘要: Bandura's social learning theory provides a useful conceptual framework to understand medical students' perceptions of house calls experience at Virginia Commonwealth University School Medicine. Social and role modeling reflect Liaison Committee on Medical Education guidelines for “Medical schools (to) ensure that the environment students promotes development explicit appropriate professional attributes (attitudes, behaviors, identity) in their students.” This qualitative study reports findings from open-ended survey questions 123 who observed preceptor during elderly homebound patients. Their comments included reflections treatment as well interactions with family care providers. Student insights about process they experienced geriatric patients characterized physician models dedicated, compassionate, communicative. They ...