Background While the demand for doctors specialised in the medical care of elderly patients
is increasing, the interest among medical students for a career in geriatrics is lagging …

Objective To determine which interventions are the most effective in improving attitudes
toward older persons in undergraduate health and social sciences students. Design …

This meta‐analytic review of 232 effect sizes showed that, across five categories, attitudes
were more negative toward older than younger adults. Perceived age differences were …

Knowledge, anxiety, and attitudes about the elderly were assessed in 113 university
students using the Facts on Aging Quiz, the Anxiety about Aging Scale, and the Fraboni …

This study investigated whether or not an increase in secondary science teacher knowledge
about evolution and the nature of science gained from completing a graduate-level evolution …

The term intergenerational is appearing more and more frequently in descrip tions of human
service programs addressing a wide range of contemporary social concerns. The …

Research investigating the effects of attitude‐focused interventions on doctors' and medical
students' attitudes toward older adults has produced mixed results. The objective of this …

Ageism refers to discrimination against individuals based on age, while aging anxiety is
defined as fear about getting older. We were interested in whether ageism and aging anxiety …

The present study examined attitudes and knowledge of 96 first year MSW social work
students toward older adults using the Aging Semantic Differential (ASD) and the Facts on …

Compassionate-empathic physicians (CEPs) are desired by patients, but rarely found in
medical settings. The purpose of this study was to promote our understanding of this gap by …